Ceramic, polychrome decoration, high shoulder, neckless, indented base; decoration: red base, black and red geometric designs on exterior, interior partially slipped in red. Design elements in panel around exterior, complex geometric elements include diamonds alternately filled with crosshatch and red elements. Coiled and scraped. Jar sits on slant, base poorly made.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Acoma
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars, Pottery, and Unclassified polychrome pottery
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale. Model of water jar.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Original purchase price of .40 (on side of jar).