Ancestral Pueblo. <em>Bird-Shaped Pitcher</em>. Clay, pigment, 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 7 in. (13 x 9.8 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody, 03.325.10825. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.325.10825_view1.jpg)

Ancestral Pueblo. Bird-Shaped Pitcher. Clay, pigment, 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 7 in. (13 x 9.8 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody, 03.325.10825. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.325.10825_view1.jpg)

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Bird-Shaped Pitcher

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Ancestral Pueblo

MEDIUM Clay, pigment

Place Collected: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, United States

DIMENSIONS 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 7 in. (13 x 9.8 x 17.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 03.325.10825

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bird-shaped pitcher with a rounded base, an oblong body, and a narrow neck at one end, black writing on side reads "10825." The body of the vessel is decorated with black and white checkerboard designs along the wings and rows of dots along the back. Condition: Missing handle, large hole in side, two cracks in neck (possibly an old repair), surface loss

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Ancestral Pueblo. Bird-Shaped Pitcher. Clay, pigment, 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 7 in. (13 x 9.8 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody, 03.325.10825. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.325.10825_view1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.03.325.10825_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014

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