Pot

Museum number:
2-71550
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071550
Accession number:
Acc.4591
Description:
Bubble pot, coiled ceramic, smoothed, post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze on exterior and interior. Surface has some small pits. Color variegated brown/ochre with black fire clouds. Rim applique decoration of inverted arcs (shaped by finger tip or can opener end).
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:
Lorena Bartlett [Navajo]
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
11.95 centimeters, height 13.6 centimeters, and diameter 9.54 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71550, described as Bubble pot, coiled ceramic, smoothed, post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze on exterior and interior. Surface has some small pits. Color variegated brown/ochre with black fire clouds. Rim applique decoration of inverted arcs (shaped by finger tip or can opener end).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-71550, described as Bubble pot, coiled ceramic, smoothed, post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze on exterior and interior. Surface has some small pits. Color variegated brown/ochre with black fire clouds. Rim applique decoration of inverted arcs (shaped by finger tip or can opener end).

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