Jar

Museum number:
2-9490
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009490
Alternate number:
802 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.387
Object count:
1
Description:
Ceramic, concave base, shallow neck, linear zigzag design around shoulder in black and red on buff ground, in mid-section a scroll design combined with triangles and cross-hatching in black and red, red rim and base, black framing lines, fire smudged, "Keam Collection 802" printed on base.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Walpi, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Walpi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Alexander Stephen, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Keam Collection, and Thomas Keam
Collection date:
1892
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 20.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Wade, Edwin L. and Lea S. McChesney, "Historic Hopi Ceramics: The Thomas V. Keam Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology", Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, 1981, pp. 122-130.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #39: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 27, 1973–January 8, 1974) and S1979-1980 #10: Hearst Art Gallery (Saint Mary's College) (August 27, 1979–November 1, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Jar, accession number 2-9490, described as Ceramic, concave base, shallow neck, linear zigzag design around shoulder in black and red on buff ground, in mid-section a scroll design combined with triangles and cross-hatching in black and red, red rim and base, black framing lines, fire smudged, "Keam Collection 802" printed on base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Jar, accession number 2-9490, described as Ceramic, concave base, shallow neck, linear zigzag design around shoulder in black and red on buff ground, in mid-section a scroll design combined with triangles and cross-hatching in black and red, red rim and base, black framing lines, fire smudged, "Keam Collection 802" printed on base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-9490, described as Ceramic, concave base, shallow neck, linear zigzag design around shoulder in black and red on buff ground, in mid-section a scroll design combined with triangles and cross-hatching in black and red, red rim and base, black framing lines, fire smudged, "Keam Collection 802" printed on base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-9490, described as Ceramic, concave base, shallow neck, linear zigzag design around shoulder in black and red on buff ground, in mid-section a scroll design combined with triangles and cross-hatching in black and red, red rim and base, black framing lines, fire smudged, "Keam Collection 802" printed on base.

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