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Prayer Meal Bowl with Animal Motifs

Culture: Pueblo, Zuni, Native American
Medium: Pottery, slip
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. (20.8 x 37.1 x 37.1 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 03.325.4721
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 03.325.4721.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: This is a cream colored bowl with stepped rim outlined in two black lines. Exterior design is black plumed serpent design and a black horned toad on exterior of each step form. Interior of each step has a dragonfly and two tadpoles. Interior has a very worn, red horned-toad. Paint is flaked and abraded especially on interior. There is some black discoloration from firing, and a large crack in one stepped projection which was repaired.

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