Canteen

Museum number:
2-8255a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-T (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Object count:
2
Description:
Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Hano, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Hano
Culture or time period:
Hopi-Tewa
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canteens (vessels), Potsherds, Pottery, and Sikyatki Polychrome - (Awatabi) Engraved - Stippled (1400–1625 AD)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and length 24.5 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 195. Context of use: Original catalog card in accession envelope. References: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. "Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery", 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D.C., 1919, pp. 230-231.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #37: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/David D. Herod (November 13, 1973–December 20, 1973), S1973-1974 #42: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 3, 1973–February 21, 1974), S1974-1975 #81: Mt. Diablo Unified School District (April 15, 1975–June 11, 1976), S1976-1977 #44: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 1, 1977–February 2, 1977), and S1985-1986 #31: The Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India (March 8, 1986–August 4, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8255a,b, described as Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8255a,b, described as Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8255a,b, described as Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8255a,b, described as Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.

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