Jar

Museum number:
2-73364
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020073364
Alternate number:
PO-59 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4816
Description:
Polychrome ceramic jar, Hopi made by Nampeyo, c. 1895
Donor:
Vincent Drucker and Wendy Drucker
Collection place:
First Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Production place:
First Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Lesou and Nampeyo
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars, Pottery, and Unclassified polychrome pottery
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1890s
Accession date:
2020-07-28
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— height 6.25 inches and whole— diameter 11.5 inches
Comment:
A small area of the jar’s base was pushed in before it was fired. "Fine slip crack 3/4" long below the rim that is secure" as per Dealer.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-73364, described as Polychrome ceramic jar, Hopi made by Nampeyo, c. 1895Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-73364, described as Polychrome ceramic jar, Hopi made by Nampeyo, c. 1895Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jar, accession number 2-73364, described as Polychrome ceramic jar, Hopi made by Nampeyo, c. 1895

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