Potsherd

Museum number:
2-8635
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020008635
Alternate number:
575 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Object count:
1
Description:
Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.
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:
Potsherds, Pottery, and Unclassified pottery
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Used by Nampayo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8635, described as Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8635, described as Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8635, described as Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8635, described as Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8635, described as Potsherd used by Nampeyo to grind and mix with clay in making her pottery. B/W reduced, negative design on exterior only, interior not decorated, scraped, exterior polished.

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