Unknown North American
Prayer Meal Bowl with Lightning, Rain Cloud, and Corn Plant Designs

Prayer Meal Bowl with Lightning, Rain Cloud, and Corn Plant Designs

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Prayer Meal Bowl with Lightning, Rain Cloud, and Corn Plant Designs
CultureSan Ildefonso
Titles
  • Prayer Meal Bowl with Lightning, Rain Cloud, and Corn Plant Designs
Date1910–1920
PlaceSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (17.5 × 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.83
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artists; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Kachinas and Indian Arts," Dallas Independent School District, Native American Cultural Heritage Center, 27 July 1979 - July 1982. (LN: 79.19)

"Earth, Water, Fire: Native American Pottery of the Southwest." MFAH, Spring, 2003.

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