Ceramic, with elongated neck, sloping shoulders, globular bottom. Red-brown clay with fireclouds. 2 painted decorations of baskets in white/black/red. Rim has 3-lobed edge. Post-fired, glazed with pinon pitch. Masking tape label on bottom "30.00
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Maricopa; Phoenix
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Betty Manygoats
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.84 centimeters and height 17.8 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $24." References: Museum of Northern Arizona, Navajo Pottery. Plateau Series vol. 58 No. 2 (1987). p. 27 mentions Manygoats' application of paint.