Coiled ceramic, interior smoothed, exterior horizontally corrugated in pseudo-coiled-basket style, wide mouth, narrow waist. Tan with black fireclouds. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out). Side of base incised "LRG.
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection place:
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Santa Fe
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Louise R. Goodman
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection date:
June 1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Context of use:
Made for trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters, height 21 centimeters, and diameter 18.6 centimeters
Comment:
This pot is a skeuomorph of a traditional Navajo, pitched, coiled basketry water bottle (see Navajo basket #2-44845). Compare also pot #2-71299 by Lillian R. Goodman which is also a recreation of an old, traditional (pot) form. See also photocopy, "Techniques in Navajo pottery making" by Jan Bell in acc. envelope #4442.