About this artwork
Many Mimbres hemispherical bowls feature bilateral compositions with a diversity of animal, human, and composite figures. In this design, a bird and a fish are combined in a single symbolic form, perhaps corresponding to a poetic figure of speech or metaphor alluding to the forces of water and wind in the Mimbres worldview.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Culture
- Mimbres
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Title
- Bowl with a Pair of Avian-Fish Composite Creatures
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Place
- New Mexico (Object made in)
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Date
- 1000–1300
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Medium
- Earthenware with slip and paint
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Dimensions
- 13.3 × 26.4 × 30.8 cm (5 1/4 × 10 3/8 × 12 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Edward and Betty Harris
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Reference Number
- 2004.1134
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/187536/manifest.json