Bowl
Bandelier Black-on-gray or Sankawi'i Black-on-cream
Ancestral Pueblo
Pueblo IV. AD 1400 - 1650
Pottery pieces with painted decorations were generally used for serving or storage. Cooking was usually done in an unpainted style of pottery called corrugated or utility ware. Bowls were decorated just on the inside, or on the interior and exterior like this one, and many others in the Bandelier collection.
Ceramic. H 14.5, D 33.5 cm [H 5 ¾, 13 ¼ inches]
Bandelier National Monument, BAND 3083