Pre-Columbian Art / Gila Polychrome Terracotta Bowl, 1300 CE - 1400 CE

Terracotta

7.5

PF.1004

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When we hold this lovely vessel in our hands, we recognize that we are touching it exactly as some forgotten person did centuries ago. Was it just an ordinary bowl...

When we hold this lovely vessel in our hands, we recognize that we are touching it exactly as some forgotten person did centuries ago. Was it just an ordinary bowl to him, or has it always possessed the powerful spiritual magic which so attracts us to it today?

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