Object class: Pottery / Culture or time period: Hopi-Tewa / Accession number: Acc.179 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-8274, described as Bowl. Ceramic, small perforated knob on exterior, conventionalized Sityatki bird design on interior in dark brown and red on buff ground framing lines and rim, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Height: 3.7 cm; diameter: 11.9 cm. Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 227-51.

Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8255a,b, described as Canteen. Ceramic, disc shape with small spout and two knob-like handles, Sityatki style bird design in dark brown and red on buff ground, brown lines, red base, fire smudged. Molded, painted. Length 24.5 cm. approximately; diameter 21.0 cm. approximately Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, pp. 230-31.

Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-8256, described as Ceramic, round, flattened on one side, small spout, two handles, one broken and missing, other handle in the form of female head, Sityatki style bird design in black and red on buff ground on upper side framed by a thick black line which extends up to handle. Molded, painted.

Hearst Museum object titled Potsherd, accession number 2-8636, described as Old pottery used by Nampeyo in copying designs.

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.