Jar model

Museum number:
2-58450
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Ceramic, polychrome, shouldered vertical neck, rim scalloped, indented base; decorated on exterior with 2 large birds and flowers in red and black, red base, interior of neck painted red. Coiled and scraped. Label on base states "Acoma very like Zuni".
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Acoma
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars, Models (concepts), Pottery, and Zuni Polychrome (1850–1920 AD)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale. Model of water jar.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar model, accession number 2-58450, described as Ceramic, polychrome, shouldered vertical neck, rim scalloped, indented base; decorated on exterior with 2 large birds and flowers in red and black, red base, interior of neck painted red. Coiled and scraped. Label on base states "Acoma very like Zuni".

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