Canteen

Museum number:
2-8256
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020008256
Alternate number:
9-T (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Object count:
1
Description:
Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.
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 15.7 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 196. 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:
S1969-1970 #8: Acalanes High School District/Jack Sturgeon (July 18, 1969–July 24, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.

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