Canteen

Museum number:
2-58458a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210258458a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
a) Canteen, ceramic, with b) corncob stopper trimmed to fit; polychrome decoration of canteen, red back, red and black geometric elements on white slip on front; shape is globular, single vertical spout, two vertical loop handles on each side. Coiled and scraped, hand modelled.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canteens (vessels) and Zuni Polychrome (1850–1920 AD)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Canteen container for water.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-58458a,b, described as a) Canteen, ceramic, with b) corncob stopper trimmed to fit; polychrome decoration of canteen, red back, red and black geometric elements on white slip on front; shape is globular, single vertical spout, two vertical loop handles on each side. Coiled and scraped, hand modelled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 2-58458a,b, described as a) Canteen, ceramic, with b) corncob stopper trimmed to fit; polychrome decoration of canteen, red back, red and black geometric elements on white slip on front; shape is globular, single vertical spout, two vertical loop handles on each side. Coiled and scraped, hand modelled.

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