Mimbres Classic black-on-white bowl
Dateca. 1000-1130 A.D.
Label TextMotifs painted on Mimbres bowls are often animals associated with water— frogs, turtles, fish and insects, for example. Artists use these surfaces to reflect on the interconnectedness of humans and animals. Here a beetle with prominent pinchers and wings fills the bowl and is contained by the bands on the rim.
Object number76.12
Provenance[Polly Freidlander Gallery, Seattle, Washington], in 1976; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.
Credit LineGift of family and friends in memory of Coe V. Malone
Dimensions4 in. (10.2 cm)
Diam.: 10 1/16 in.
MediumCeramic, pigment
Object number: 98.4.3
Object number: 98.4.4
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