Jar

Museum number:

2-58465

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Accession number:

Acc.3145

Description:

Ceramic, neckless jar shape with zoomorphic head attached to rim, polychrome decoration on exterior. Black and red geometric designs on cream slip, half-circle filled with dots under head. Coiled and scraped, hand modelled.

Donor:

Lloyd W. Swift

Collection place:

Kewa Pueblo, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

New Mexico; Santo Domingo

Culture or time period:

Kewa Pueblo

Collector:

Josephine Hall Bishop

Collection date:

1917

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Jars, Kiua Polychrome (1780–1920 AD), and Pottery

Accession date:

June 16, 1975

Context of use:

Novelty made for sale.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

diameter 16.3 centimeters

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