Ceramic, globular (called "bubble pot"), red-brown clay. Rim decoration of raised, inverted arcs. Slight fireclouds. Semi-burnished. Post-fired glaze of pinon pitch. Flat bottom has felt pen initials "LB" and dealer's white label "E/LB 29.-".
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:
Lorena Bartlett [Navajo]
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer, Jan Musial, and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade though it also has tribal use.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.18 centimeters, diameter 8.85 centimeters, and height 11.03 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $20." References: Hartman, Russell and Musial, Jan. Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1989. p. 100. Museum of Northern Arizona, Navajo Pottery, Plateau Series, Vol. 58 No. 2 (1987). p. 13.