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Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3071/2

Large low-fired, unglazed and unpainted piki bowl. Mouth is wide, with sides gently curving in toward the small, round base. The terracotta bowl is covered inside and out in a light orange slip.

  • History Of Use

    Piki bowl. Piki is a rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized corn meal, blue corn, water and culinary ash.

  • Narrative

    Deaccessioned from the Denver Art Museum in 2003; purchased by Evans through a sale by the Artemis Gallery. Part of the David Evans & Daniel Ma Southwest Collection.

  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Hopi
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 17.3 cm, diameter 32.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Emma Tayomana
  • Previous Owner David Evans
  • Received from David Evans, Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget
  • Made in Arizona
  • Creation Date during 1949
  • Ownership Date before August 28, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on August 28, 2014
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3071/0002

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