Wide mouth neckless jar, polychrome; 2 spotted feline figures and 2 roadrunners in black on cream, each separated by curvilinear design pendant from rim; lower ⅓ of jar is red; rim slightly eroded, 1 damaged area.
Donor:
Paul Schuster Taylor
Collection place:
Isleta, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Isleta
Culture or time period:
Cochiti
Collector:
Dorothea Lange and Paul Schuster Taylor
Collection date:
1950
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cochiti Polychrome (1870–present), Jars, Lions, and Pottery
Context of use:
Potter's daughter used this specimen for storage of baked bread. She sold it to finance homecoming for her son.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 34.4 centimeters and diameter 32 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Santa Fe Museum exhibited jars made by the same potter. The feline design on specimen from Spanish crowned lion on coat of arms.
Loans:
S1992-1993 #26: SFO Museum (May 26, 1993–September 10, 1993)