Vase

Museum number:
2-71556
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071556
Accession number:
Acc.4591
Description:
Globular, coiled ceramic, tan/ochre with black fire clouds. Outside surface highly burnished, but with one small blister. Inside has thick coat of post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze. Incised "Rose W." on the bottom.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Cow Springs, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Coconino; Cow Springs
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Rose Williams
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Materials:
Pinon pine pitch (glaze)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 9.5 centimeters, 17.3 centimeters, and height 12.26 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 2-71556, described as Globular, coiled ceramic, tan/ochre with black fire clouds. Outside surface highly burnished, but with one small blister. Inside has thick coat of post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze. Incised "Rose W." on the bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 2-71556, described as Globular, coiled ceramic, tan/ochre with black fire clouds. Outside surface highly burnished, but with one small blister. Inside has thick coat of post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze. Incised "Rose W." on the bottom.

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