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| Title | BOWL |
| Case Location | 0051 |
| Cultural Affiliation | Zuni |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1860-1870 |
| Description |
This bowl, the largest in the collection, has a spirit break around the exterior rim, below which, like the decoration on artifact numbers 73, 79, and 77, consists of a band of lotemla wohanapa (all different kinds of feathers hang down) motifs. This band constitutes a prayer that all kinds of clouds may gather together to make a cloudy day and produce rain.
The interior of the bowl has a red wetolianne (zigzag) band that represents either alialaye (waves) or citola (the water snake), both of which are water symbols. Beneath this band is a horizontal spirit break, and below this is a combination of the netsikâ (a crook, or drumstick, used in ceremonies) motif, a portion of the wihetsanna netsikâwe (baby crooks) motif, and the awelwyan samapoaye (cloud all alone) motif. The center of the interior is undecorated which is somewhat unusual.
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| Descriptors | Bowl |
| Height | 18.1 cm |
| Diameter | 38.2 cm x 37.6 cm |
| Type.Digital | Image |
| Rights | Illinois 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 Name | John Wesley Powell Collection of Pueblo Pottery (Illinois Wesleyan University) |
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