Bowl Depicting a Bird with Outstretched Wings
Cibola
1300–1400
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Dimensions
- 14 × 30.8 cm (5 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- bowl
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
four mile polychromeamericasbowlmodeling (forming)vesselsvesselanimalspainting (image making)geometricceramicsnative americanbirdscibolaabstract figuressouthwestnative north americanArts of the Americasceramicart of the americas
About
From the 13th century through the start of the 17th, new polychrome ceramic traditions developed in the Cibola region of western New Mexico and east-central Arizona. Although each ceramic style was distinct, they were closely related in that they all were painted using black, white and red pigments and feature a single, bold motif. A large abstracted bird with outstretched wings fills the interior of this Four Mile Polychrome bowl.
