Mimbres Rabbit – Man Bowl
This Mimbres funerary bowl (1000-1150 AD) once served in a ceremonial function for guiding a member of an ancient culture into the mystery of death. The bowl is part of a permanent collection on display at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Laboratory of Anthropology, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is originally from the Cameron Creek Village of the Mimbres Valley, in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, home of the larger Mogollon culture for which the Mimbres pueblo people were a part of. Before European contact, prehistoric Native American culture, also referred to as Ancestral Puebloans, were believed to be descended from three major cultures: Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi; and were known for their distinctive pottery and dwelling construction styles.
The picture inside of the bowl is described as, “rabbit-man with burden basket”, a stylized, hard edged black painting of a human-animal figure shaped with curves, straight …
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