Ceramic, with rounded base and single vertical handle. Papago black on red. Four black evenly spaced squiggles pendant to rim, dark areas of fire clouds. Coiled and hand-modelled; red slip with decorations of black mesquite gum paint, polished.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute) and Pitchers (vessels)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 7.1 centimeters
Comment:
References: Fontana, et al. Papago Indian Pottery, Seattle, 1962. pp. 106-109.