# Bowl Depicting a Bird with Outstretched Wings

- By: Cibola (Cibola region, east-central Arizona, United States)
- Date: 1300–1400
- Medium: Ceramic and pigment
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 14 × 30.8 cm (5 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Arizona
- Credit line: Gift of Edward and Betty Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/187543)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/06a5b6e5-917c-8412-384e-132db3b2d1b6/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

From the 13th century through the start of the 17th, new polychrome ceramic traditions developed in the Cibola region of western New Mexico and east-central Arizona. Although each ceramic style was distinct, they were closely related in that they all were painted using black, white and red pigments and feature a single, bold motif. A large abstracted bird with outstretched wings fills the interior of this Four Mile Polychrome bowl.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0