Pot

Museum number:
2-71365
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071365
Accession number:
Acc.4508
Object count:
1
Description:
Coiled ceramic, smoothed, modern style bowl with narrow mouth and sharp shoulders. Muddy brown color. Incised decoration around the rim: (see card). Decoration done with tip of beer can opener. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out).
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection place:
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Santa Fe
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Lorraine Williams
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection date:
July 1991
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 13.4 centimeters, diameter 9.5 centimeters, and 9.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71365, described as Coiled ceramic, smoothed, modern style bowl with narrow mouth and sharp shoulders. Muddy brown color. Incised decoration around the rim: (see card). Decoration done with tip of beer can opener. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71365, described as Coiled ceramic, smoothed, modern style bowl with narrow mouth and sharp shoulders. Muddy brown color. Incised decoration around the rim: (see card). Decoration done with tip of beer can opener. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out).

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