Bowl with two interlocking millipedes
Bowl depicting twin figures with a fish over their heads

Currently not on view

Bowl with geometric design,

1000–1150

Mimbres
Classic Black-on-White (Style III)
2010-86

Information

Title
Bowl with geometric design
Dates

1000–1150

Medium
Ceramic with white ground slip and black design slip (oxidized red during firing)
Dimensions
h. 12.0 cm., diam. 29.5 cm. (4 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2010-86
Place Excavated

North America, United States, New Mexico, Mimbres valley, Galaz Ruin

Reference Numbers
Excavation object # 2B-239
Mimbres Archive # 6252
Period
Mimbres black-on-white
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
geometric patterns, iconography

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