Tripod Bowl with Painted Decoration
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Aztec/Mixtec
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. A.D. 1325-1521
Medium: Earthenware with paint
Dimensions:
height: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
diameter: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection
Object number: 85.1.389
Provenance: with Robert K. Winn (d. 1979), San Antonio, TX, by 1973; by inheritance to the Steves Foundation (Mrs. Marshall Steves)/San Antonio Folk Art Museum, 1979; by donation to the San Antonio Museum Association, 1985; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Label Text
This multicolored tripod bowl could have held stews, tamales, or tortillas. There are rattles in each of the feet which would have made for festive sounds during feasts. Both elites and non-elites were able to acquire painted vessels such as this, likely through a market exchange system. (Bernadette Cap, 2022)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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