Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel
Female effigy vessel

Currently not on view

Female effigy vessel,

1350–1450

Salado
Roosevelt Red Ware, Tonto polychrome
2015-6683

Cliff Salado Bowls

Salado culture emerged around A.D. 1100, through migrations of Mogollon, Hohokam, and Ancestral Puebloan peoples into this area of southwest Arizona. The Salado artistic style became widely popular and was emulated throughout the region. The vessel in the form of a human female is an extremely rare type. Its rippled surface was produced by pinching the coils of clay as the object was being formed, then patting the clay to soften the texture. Painted designs may suggest body paint or tattoos. The larg bowl displayed above represents a type of Salado ceramic, known as Cliff Polychrome. Cliff bowls are distinctive from other Salado vessels in that they implement a re-curve to the vessel wall just below the rim.

Information

Title
Female effigy vessel
Dates

1350–1450

Medium
Corrugated ceramic with red and white slips
Dimensions
18.7 × 11.7 × 12.7 cm (7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 5 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2015-6683
Place Made

North America, United States, Arizona, Tonto Basin

Culture
Salado (culture or style)
Type
sculpture, vessels (containers)
Materials
slip, ceramic
Techniques
corrugating
Subject
figures (representations), geometric patterns, altars, women, effigies

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