Jar

Museum number:
2-58482
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020058482
Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
San Carlos Reservation, Gila County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; San Carlos Reservation
Culture or time period:
Western Apache and Western Yavapai
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Apparently a novelty made for sale to tourists.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-58482, described as Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-58482, described as Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-58482, described as Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-58482, described as Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-58482, described as Small, ceramic, plain, shaped like Easter egg basket, flat base, vertical sides, single vertical strap handle over mouth, numerous fire clouds with surface color varying from buff to red. Hand-modelled. White opaque temper particles visible on surface. Provenience written on base, "San Carlos.

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