Jar

Museum number:
2-58481
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020058481
Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
San Carlos Reservation, Gila County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; San Carlos Reservation
Culture or time period:
Western Apache and Western Yavapai
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Effigy jar. Apparently a novelty made for sale to tourists.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-58481, described as Ceramic, globular body with anthropomorphic head for neck, opening on top of head, punched eyes, nostrils and mouth, slight chin; plain red to buff finish, slightly polished, numerous fire clouds on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.

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