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THBPublished & Superb Mimbres Pottery Bowl, Woman Weaving
Lot 285
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Mimbres, ca. 1000 to 1250 CE. An incredible pottery hemispherical bowl, part of the Mimbres (and larger Mogollon) tradition, painted in classic red on a cream ground. What makes this vessel so remarkable is the rare iconography; a woman weaving a basket- tools at her feet and a rectangular mat near her head. The bowl was created via the coiling method as this culture never used a potter's wheel; then the bowl was painted using brushes made from yucca leaves. This piece was published in "Casas Grandes Pre-Columbian Pottery Decoded: of Gods and Myths" by Ernest H. Christman. According to Christman on page 100: "Mats woven of rush and reed were necessary furnishings of all noble and priestly abodes. The basic materials are shown above the figure and the finished product is below the figure. The use of the mat symbol for authority was common in Mesoamerica." Size: 8.25" Diameter x 4.75" H (21 cm x 12.1 cm)
The Mimbres people occupied the mountain and river valleys of southwestern New Mexico; the name we know them by is from the Spanish word for the willows that grew alongside the river valleys. Little is known about the Mimbres culture and beliefs, but it is thought that the artists responsible for creating pottery vessels like this were women, and the remains of many Mimbres women have been found in burial sites accompanied by pottery making tools. The iconography here reveals that weaving may have also been done primarily by women, and gives us a very rare insight into the role of women in their society. According to the Hudson Museum, only 15% of pottery decorations consist of human figures, and men are much more frequently depicted than women. Men are often shown engaging in hunting or daily activities, and occasionally they appear with a woman. A solo woman portrayal is highly unusual! Unlike pottery counterparts, woven vessels and tools made from organic materials such as wood and reeds rarely survive- so a scene with weaving and tools laid out is quite interesting.
A similar example of a woman weaving is on display at the University of Maine Hudson Museum's website, object number: HM 1020.
Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
Provenance: ex-Bobby Smrkovsky collection; ex-Ernest Christman Collection. Published "Casas Grande Pre-Columbian Pottery Decoded", E.H. Christman M.D., pg. 100.
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#177994Repaired from approximately three large original pieces and eight small original pieces. Fading and losses to some pigments. Break lines are visible within basin with some light modern pigment added to fissures. Chips and small gaps to fissures on exterior. Overall a superb and rare piece.Condition
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