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THBRare Mimbres Bowl with Fish, "Kill" Hole
Lot 97
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Southwestern US, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A classic bowl from an imaginative and unique ceramic culture. The bowl has step walls, an unpainted exterior, and a dramatic series of abstract geometric motifs on its interior. Painted in tondo is a single fish, a stylized depiction with a triangular tail and rounded body. Part of the fish is obscured by a "kill" hole, which researchers believe means that the bowl was ritually punctured at its nadir prior to interment with a human burial. The fish is surrounded by a series of diamonds, tight lines, and squares, before the motifs widen out into stepped triangles and long diagonal shapes whose forms may have been inspired by the dramatic geology of the Mimbres homeland. Size: 10.4" W x 4.45" H (26.4 cm x 11.3 cm)
Fascinatingly, a variety of fish are depicted on Classic Mimbres pottery, as well as fishing scenes. A 1986 study by Jett and Moyle identified 20 fish taxa on Mimbres bowls, 18 of which are marine, from the Gulf of California. Does this mean that Mimbres traders traveled nearly 1000 miles across the desert to gain access to the rich resources of the coast? It must have been an arduous and remarkable journey. On this vessel, the fish is probably a marker of a particular clan, lineage, or other social group - perhaps one that included these adventurous individuals.
c. f. Jett and Moyle, 1986, "The Exotic Origins of Fishes Depicted on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery from New Mexico", American Antiquity, vol. 51, issue 4, pgs. 688-720.
Provenance: ex-private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection
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#142913Repaired from two or three large pieces, with small repairs around the "hill hole". These repairs are excellently done and nearly invisible, with no added pigment. Small chips and losses to pigment commensurate with age. Old collection information written on one side of exterior, now very faded.Condition
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