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Mimbres

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The final period of the Mogollon culture, from the 9th to the 13th century, noted for its distinctive pottery bowls painted with black-on-white designs.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the valley of the Mimbres, River in southwestern New Mexico, in which the culture flourished , from Spanish mimbres, pl. of mimbre, willow, withy, wicker, variant of vimbre, from Old Spanish vimbre, vimpne, from Latin vīmen, vīmin-; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • The Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands ecoregion covers the slopes of the Guadalupe, Sacramento, Mimbres, Big Burro, and Mogollon mountains, generally between 5500 to 7200 feet, with densities of juniper, pinyon pine, and oak varying according to aspect.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

  • (Mimbres were a Pre-Columbian group which lived in the Southwest about 800 years ago).

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

  • But they greeted me warmly at the door and displayed five wonderful Mimbres replica plates on their double bed.

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

  • Equipped with some coaching and a book of the Mimbres designs, Roberto was soon churning out the plates - and he developed a unique niche in the local cottage industry.

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

  • Tim Maxwell, an archaeologist who formerly headed the Museum of New Mexico's archaeology office, said, people see Mimbres pots in art catalogs.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

  • Equipped with some coaching and a book of the Mimbres designs, Roberto was soon churning out the plates - and he developed a unique niche in the local cottage industry.

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

  • They were culturally related to the Mimbres, a group famous for its painted ceramics.

    From the Trenches - Off the Grid- Three Rivers, New Mexico 2008

  • The scholar had heard of the Mata Ortíz phenomenon and was looking for someone to make signed replicas of the pre-Columbian Mimbres plates.

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

  • The petroglyphs at Three Rivers share some stylistic similarities with both figural and abstract designs that decorate Mimbres pottery.

    From the Trenches - Off the Grid- Three Rivers, New Mexico 2008

  • But they greeted me warmly at the door and displayed five wonderful Mimbres replica plates on their double bed.

    Once, We Were So Poor . . . 2006

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