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Fourmile Polychrome Bowl

Ancestral Pueblo

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Ancestral Pueblo. Fourmile Polychrome Bowl, 1350–1400 C.E.. Ceramic, slip, 4 1/2 x 9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (11.4 x 24.0 x 24.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund, 02.257.2562. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 02.257.2562.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Fourmile Polychrome Bowl

Date

1350–1400 C.E.

Period

Pueblo IV

Medium

Ceramic, slip

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (11.4 x 24.0 x 24.0 cm)

Credit Line

Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund

Accession Number

02.257.2562

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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Frequent Art Questions

  • Can you tell me about the 1903 museum expedition where this was collected? Did Brooklyn Museum do digs in pueblos or how did they acquire these?

    Stewart Culin, an ethnographer and curator for the Brooklyn Museum, traveled to the Southwest and purchased many objects while there.
    At time time, there were already some regulations on the purchase and excavation of Native American objects, both imposed by the United States Government (if the object was found on federal land) and through tribal authorities. Culin noted that objects of major significance were not for sale.
    The Museum today fully complies with North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and tribal authorities/governments in relation to our Native North American collections.

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Ancestral Pueblo

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