Ceramic, double-headed pot. Brown, global body with twin, long-necked spouts linked by ceramic handle. 2 incised/sculpted "ear of corn" decorations at neck bases on opposite sides of pot. Post-firing glaze of pinon pitch. Dealer's white label on foot "NP/L.M. 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:
Liz Manygoats
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer, Jan Musial, and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Wedding vase." Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 16.2 centimeters and width 10.83 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $20." References: Hartman, Russell and Musial, Jan. Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations. (pp. 69-71. Photo of similar pot, p. 70.) Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1989. Museum of Northern Arizona, Navajo Pottery, Plateau Series vol. 58 No. 2 (1987), p. 15.