Jar

Museum number:
1-13875
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Small mouthed pottery water jar. Painted with design resembling fish net. The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave Valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mohave Valley
Culture or time period:
Chemehuevi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Water jar.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: "The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.
Loans:
S1983-1984 #31: California State University, East Bay (January 21, 1984–February 9, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 1-13875, described as Small mouthed pottery water jar. Painted with design resembling fish net. The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave Valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 1-13875, described as Small mouthed pottery water jar. Painted with design resembling fish net. The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave Valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 1-13875, described as Small mouthed pottery water jar. Painted with design resembling fish net. The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave Valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.

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