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PRAYER MEAL BASKET BOWL
PRAYER MEAL BASKET BOWL
TitlePRAYER MEAL BASKET BOWL
Case Location0043
Cultural AffiliationZuni
Date of Manufactureca. 1850-1860
DescriptionThis basket handle, crenellated prayer meal bowl has four tadpoles painted on both the interior and exterior surfaces and two more tadpoles painted on the basket handle. The bowl is somewhat unusual in that it has a white slip (that is, the thin coating covering the pottery's surface) on the exterior surface and a gray slip on the interior. Prayer bowls contain water and corn meal on ceremonial altars; they are also used in houses to hold corn meal for blessing the katsinam and other ceremonial participants.
DescriptorsBowl
Height11.8 cm
Diameter19.7 cm x 19.7 cm (max)
Type.DigitalImage
RightsIllinois Wesleyan University retains the rights to this material. Permission to reproduce these images must be granted by IWU. Contact archives@titan.iwu.edu or 309-556-1535 for more information.
Collection NameJohn Wesley Powell Collection of Pueblo Pottery (Illinois Wesleyan University)
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