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| 015 Acoma Pueblo, c. 1830 |
 Large bowls like this fine example have traditionally been used for mixing the dough used for bread. Called ¡Èdough bowls," this style of pottery has been made at many of the Pueblos since the early 1800's, when the difficult process of making large vessels was perfected. After mixing a batch of bread dough, the cook was always careful to leave small amounts of the dough adhering to the interior of the bowl, which ensured the continuity of spiritual presence from each batch to the next. The dough is formed into more-or-less spherical clumps six to eight inches across, in preparation for baking. The oven, called an horno, is a large, permanent beehive-shaped dome built of adobe and located near each home. When the interior has been heated just right with a fire, the bread is inserted through a window and baked to a delicious texture (like that of ¡ÈFrench bread"). This bowl, bearing the patina of hard usage through many decades, is decorated with much meaningful symbology of the early 1800's.
Francis Harlow - Los Alamos |
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