Clay

Museum number:
2-8630
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020008630
Alternate number:
570 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Description:
Oh-chay-lit-sah, clay used in brown effect on Tewa vessels, Nampeyo’s ware.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Hano, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Hano
Culture or time period:
Hopi-Tewa
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Clay used in brown effect on Tewa vessels, Nampeyo's ware.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Native name: "Oh-chay-lit-sah".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay, accession number 2-8630, described as Oh-chay-lit-sah, clay used in brown effect on Tewa vessels, Nampeyo’s ware.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay, accession number 2-8630, described as Oh-chay-lit-sah, clay used in brown effect on Tewa vessels, Nampeyo’s ware.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay, accession number 2-8630, described as Oh-chay-lit-sah, clay used in brown effect on Tewa vessels, Nampeyo’s ware.

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