Coiled ceramic, smoothed, bubble-pot shape, black and dark brown. Incised decoration by fingernail all over. Post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze on exterior and on parts of the interior. Pot has slumped on one side.
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:
Kate Davis
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 9.66 centimeters and width 14.4 centimeters