Title
Pottery bowl painted with two figures, possibly representing the contrast between male and female or life and death
Caption
Pottery bowl painted with two figures, possibly representing the contrast between male and female or life and death, Such bowls were intended as burial offerings and were ritually killed at burial with punctures to their base. This helped release the vessels spirit into the next world. USA. Mogollon, Mimbres style. 10th century, AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A18_123
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
31,4Mb (1,9Mb) / 10,3in x 11,8in / 3092 x 3544 (300dpi)