DepartmentLatin America

Bowl

NameBowl

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeRIO BALSAS AREA, GUERRERO, MEXICO, NORTH AMERICA

MediumCeramic, Slip

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12 x 26.3 x 13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.26.

Object numberA.1979.6.26

DescriptionFooted ceramic bowl that is slip painted and low-fired. It has three feet with animal head shapes. The bowl has a painted motif of tan slip with no decoration on the outside and the inside motif is of animals surrounding a central eye in red-brown and brown slip.