Black ware, melon pot. Small, broad bellied with flat base, diagonal ridges around the entire body to create the effect of a melon of squash, wide mouth with slightly upright rim.
Donor:
Estate of Vernon DeMars
Collection place:
Santa Clara, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
United States, New Mexico, Santa Clara Pueblo
Culture or time period:
Santa Clara
Collector:
Vernon DeMars
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 18, 2008
Context of use:
household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters and diameter 13.5 centimeters