Pot

Museum number:
2-71414
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071414
Accession number:
Acc.4568
Description:
Ceramic, ellipsoidal, with top opening in outline of male Navajo profile. Brown clay with black fireclouds. Semi-burnished, post-fired glaze of pinon pitch (which is particularly thick on inner surfaces). Bottom incised "SM.., 92". Dealer's white label "OS/SM 48.-".
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Coconino; Flagstaff
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Sam Manygoats
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer, Jan Musial, and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.4 centimeters and height 7.29 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $34.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71414, described as Ceramic, ellipsoidal, with top opening in outline of male Navajo profile. Brown clay with black fireclouds. Semi-burnished, post-fired glaze of pinon pitch (which is particularly thick on inner surfaces). Bottom incised "SM.., 92". Dealer's white label "OS/SM 48.-".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71414, described as Ceramic, ellipsoidal, with top opening in outline of male Navajo profile. Brown clay with black fireclouds. Semi-burnished, post-fired glaze of pinon pitch (which is particularly thick on inner surfaces). Bottom incised "SM.., 92". Dealer's white label "OS/SM 48.-".

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