Jar miniature

Museum number:
2-58459
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Ceramic, polychrome decoration, vertical necked jar shape, indented red base, brown geometric design on white slip on exterior, interior partially slipped red. Coiled? and scraped.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars, Miniature (size attribute), Pottery, and Zuni Polychrome (1850–1920 AD)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale. Model of water jar.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar miniature, accession number 2-58459, described as Ceramic, polychrome decoration, vertical necked jar shape, indented red base, brown geometric design on white slip on exterior, interior partially slipped red. Coiled? and scraped.

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