Jar

Museum number:
2-9487
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
203 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Walpi, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Thomas Keam
Collection date:
1892
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 25 centimeters and height 18.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-9487, described as Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-9487, described as Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-9487, described as Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-9487, described as Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-9487, described as Ceramic, flat base, defined shoulder, circular geometric design suggesting dorsal view of a bird in black and red on cream ground, patches of unidentified black material on one side, "Keam Collection" printed on base. Molded and painted.

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