Unknown North American
Bowl with Two Hooked Fish

CultureMimbres
Titles
  • Bowl with Two Hooked Fish
Date1025–1150
PlaceMexico
PlaceArizona, United States
PlaceNew Mexico, United States
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. diameter (8.9 × 23.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Robert E. Hansen in memory of Gene G. Gables
Object number89.207
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Shango Galleries, Dallas, by 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Earth, Water, Fire: Native American Pottery of the Southwest." MFAH, Spring, 2003.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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