Photo of collection object Bowl with Burden-Bearing Human
Bowl with Burden-Bearing Human, c. 1000–1150. earthenware, Diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Overall: 10.5 x 25.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.). Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.51. CC0.

Bowl with Burden-Bearing Human

c. 1000–1150

Maker Unknown

Art of the Americas

Bowl with Burden-Bearing Human, c. 1000–1150. Southwest, Mogollon, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century. Earthenware; diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.); overall: 10.5 x 25.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.51 Shown in profile with a masked eye, this basket-burdened character has a modern cartoon appeal.

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