Object Details
- Description
- James Stevenson (1840-1888) was a self-taught geologist, naturalist, and anthropologist who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, often in close collaboration with his wife, Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1849-1915). He acquired this bowl from Zuni people in New Mexico, in 1884-5, and deposited it with the Bureau of American Ethnology. An inscription on the bottom reads “111421. / Zuni. / N. M. / Stevenson. / Bur. Ethnol.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- ID Number
- MG.111421
- catalog number
- 111421
- accession number
- 85A00007
- Object Name
- Medicine Bowl
- medicine bowl
- Physical Description
- clay (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 8 in x 8 in; 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm
- place made
- United States: New Mexico
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Native Americans
- Record ID
- nmah_724885
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-859d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
