Mary Loretto Sunface Jamez Pueblo Seedbowl Pueblo Pottery
Mary Loretto Sunface Jamez Pueblo Seedbowl Pueblo Pottery
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Artist: Jemez Pueblo potter Mary Loretto
Medium: Hand coiled Clay with natural slips/ highly polished/ red with black and buff Sun face and geometric Patterns including rain and rainclouds
Size: 3 1/8" Across x 1 1/2" H
Seedbowls date back to Anasazi times / small seeds are placed in the bowl through the tiny opening, where they are kept dry and safe from rodents. In the Spring planting season, the bowls were taken directly to the fields and seeds were planted by shaking them out of the seedbowl.