This black-on-white bowl was made in southwestern New Mexico from about 1000 to 1130 CE. This type of ceramics are often called Mimbres style, named for the river valley where the bowls were first found by archaeologists. The people who made these ceramics were the ancestors of certain Pueblo communities who live in what is now New Mexico and Arizona. The designs on Mimbres pottery tell stories with their combination of geometric and naturalistic forms. Many Mimbres bowls bear imagery associated with individuals' death rites and likely came from burial contexts. These bowls are therefore culturally sensitive objects. In consultation with leaders of affiliated Pueblo communities, it was determined that this bowl could be shared because its form and design suggest that it came from a domestic, rather than a burial, context.