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Zuni ceremonial bowl
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Title
Zuni
ceremonial
bowl
Description
3
'
h
,
4
'
w
;
ceramic
bowl
,
white
and
brown
slip
;
Handmade
bowl
used
to
hold
sacred
cornmeal
for
religious
ceremonies
.
Decorations
of
animals
associated
with
water
,
such
as the
frogs
are
symbolic
of
early
,
mid-
and
late-summer
rains
important
to the
Zuni
agriculture
.
Hatched
parallel
lines
are
used
for
decoration
because
they are also
symbolic
of
rainfall
.
Kiva
steps
symbolize
their
religion
;
spirals
symbolize
the
emergence
from the
Earth
.
It
is
painted
white
to
represent
Earth
.
Every
step
of the
process
of
making
the
Zuni
pottery
is
very
important
to the
maker
.
Rituals
and
ceremonies
are
related
to
every
step
from
finding
the
clay
to
painting
the
designs
.
Subject
Pottery
;
Native
North
American
Art
;
Post-contact
,
1500-
North
American
Publisher
Purchased
from the
artist
;
Zuni
,
New
Mexico
;
1996
Rights
Giertz
Education
Center
@
the
Krannert
Art
Museum
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