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Sikyatki Bowl

Hopi Pueblo

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Clay sources in some parts of Arizona allowed potters to add red, yellow, and cream colors to their design palettes. Motifs became less geometric and linear, and more representative of regional animals and plants. Potters also depicted scenes, such as the hunter and antelope on this Sikyatki bowl, that provide clues about daily and spiritual life.

Caption

Hopi Pueblo. Sikyatki Bowl, 1400–1625. Ceramic, slip, 3 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (9.5 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Gift of Father Anselm Weber, 03.325.4328. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Sikyatki Bowl

Date

1400–1625

Geography

Place collected: Keam's Canyon, Arizona, United States

Medium

Ceramic, slip

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (9.5 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1903, Gift of Father Anselm Weber

Accession Number

03.325.4328

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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Hopi Pueblo

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