Water Jar
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Pottery, slip
DATES
1868–1900
DIMENSIONS
10 1/2 x 14 in (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
"2388" in white paint on jar. Old black Culin exhibition label inside.
ACCESSION NUMBER
02.257.2388
CREDIT LINE
Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Water jar with high shoulder and wide neck. The underbody is slipped orange/red. Mid-body is slipped white with abstract, curvilinear and angular red and black designs. The neck is white with a design of parallelograms in black and white.
Condition: Crack runs from mid-body through bottom covered with clay-like substance and resinous material. Possibly Native repairs. Surface is abraded especially in the mid-section. Clay-like dirt overall. Chips in rim.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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