Small globular body, narrow necked with flaring mouth; decorated black parallel zig zags and single black lines on neck and rim; areas of fire clouds varying from dark grey to buff. Papago black on red. Coiled and hand-modelled; red slip, polished with black mesquite gum paint.
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:
Jars
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters and diameter 7 centimeters
Comment:
References: Fontana, et al. Papago Indian Pottery, Seattle, 1962. pp. 106-109.