Skip to content

Bowl

Creator Name

Lucy Martin Lewis

Cultural Context

--

Date

1985

About the work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Globular bowl in the form of a seed pod with a small circular mouth (1 3/4 inches). Overall design of body is black-on-white five-pointed star, the center of which is the circular mouth. The rest of the star occupies approximately 75% of the bowl's surface and contains stepped zigzag forms creating triangles that are either filled in with fine, close parallel lines or solid black color. When the pot is turned upside down the negative white space of the bottom becomes the shape of a solid white five-pointed star. Condition: Excellent

Work details

"--" = no data available
Curationist Logo= Curationist added metadata(Learn more)

Title

Bowl

Creator

Lucy Martin Lewis, Native American, Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo), Haak'u (Acoma Pueblo), 1897(?)–1992, Artist

Worktype

Vessel

Cultural Context

--

Material

Clay, slip

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (19.1 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm)

Technique

--

Language

--

Date

1985

Provenance

Gift of Richard J. Elefante, Oct 17, 2002

Style Period

--

Rights

Curationist Logo
Creative Commons Attribution
Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

Signed and dated on bottom; "Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma, 1985" written in black on the base

Location

San Fidel, New Mexico, United States

Subject

--

Topic

--

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Lucy Martin Lewis, Bowl, 1985, Brooklyn Museum. Creative Commons-BY.

Help us improve this content!

Let our archivists know if you have something to add.

Save this work.

Start an account to add this work to your personal curated collection.
masonry card