Jar

Museum number:
2-59109
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Ceramic, polychrome, necked jar shape with indented base; decoration: red and brown on cream body, brown rim, red on inside of neck, red base, panel decoration of red pendant saw-tooth triangles outlined in brown, break or "life line" in panel design, negative teardrop in center of each triangle; rim slightly chipped; paint on base is worn. Hand modeled.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
Acoma, Cibola County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Cibola; Acoma
Culture or time period:
Acoma
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars, Pottery, and Unclassified polychrome pottery
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-59109, described as Ceramic, polychrome, necked jar shape with indented base; decoration: red and brown on cream body, brown rim, red on inside of neck, red base, panel decoration of red pendant saw-tooth triangles outlined in brown, break or "life line" in panel design, negative teardrop in center of each triangle; rim slightly chipped; paint on base is worn. Hand modeled.

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