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Mimbres bowl top
This is part of a series that I am developing. With formal training in archeology, I have long admired Mimbres pottery. The Mimbres people lived in what is now parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, flourishing between 1000 and 1150. While their pottery forms were not particularly remarkable, most would agree that their decorative aesthetic would not be equaled until modern times, if ever.
I turned the bowl out of green holly, staying true to the form that the Mimbres potters created from clay. Because the holly was green when turned the form distorted slightly as it dried, again maintaining consistency with the Mimbres pots that often became asymmetrical during their creation.
The inside of the bowl is painted following one of the designs depicted in Mimbres pottery, in this case, desert bighorn sheep.
2" tall x 8 1/4" diameter x 3/8" thick.
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