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Salado Red Fingernail Pottery Bowl
Salado Red Fingernail Pottery Bowl
Salado Red Fingernail Pottery Bowl

Salado Red Fingernail Pottery Bowl

Date1300-1400 AD
Mediumceramic
Dimensions4 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 22.2 × 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsFood Service Tools and Equipment
Catalog number77.806
DescriptionA ceramic, smoothed, corrrugated redware bowl with a smudged black interior. According to the donor file, its geographic location is the Tonto Basin. The NAGPRA report says the bowl comes from the 18th century, but the donor file and archaeologist notebook state that the bowl was from 1300-1400 AD. Its associated cultural area is the Salado. In the NAGPRA report, the geographic location, time period, and culture listings are the same. The bowl's cultural affiliation is Pima/Tohono O'Odham. The description of the bowl's condition is "fair: object was repaired historically. Probably by donor. Cracks are splitting, and glue is visible."
Status
Not on view