Pot

Museum number:
2-71574
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071574
Accession number:
Acc.4611
Description:
Coiled ceramic, smoothed with flared/fluted lip and 2 "basket tray" applique decorations. Vase is painted (acrylic?) cream outside, blue/gray in with brown lip edge. Decoration: 2 black crosses with brown outline on opposite sides of pot, alternating with 2 applique medallions with brown/black "wedding basket" design. Bottom incised "LS".
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection place:
Shonto, Navajo County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Navajo; Shonto
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Lorenzo Spencer
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection date:
July 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Accession date:
October 23, 1993
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 16.6 centimeters, diameter 10.8 centimeters, and width 13.15 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71574, described as Coiled ceramic, smoothed with flared/fluted lip and 2 "basket tray" applique decorations. Vase is painted (acrylic?) cream outside, blue/gray in with brown lip edge. Decoration: 2 black crosses with brown outline on opposite sides of pot, alternating with 2 applique medallions with brown/black "wedding basket" design. Bottom incised "LS".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71574, described as Coiled ceramic, smoothed with flared/fluted lip and 2 "basket tray" applique decorations. Vase is painted (acrylic?) cream outside, blue/gray in with brown lip edge. Decoration: 2 black crosses with brown outline on opposite sides of pot, alternating with 2 applique medallions with brown/black "wedding basket" design. Bottom incised "LS".

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