Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Jar
Date: before 1929
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 11.3 × 13.5 cm (4 7/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Weight: 0.6 kg (1.35 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.1178
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit April 6 and 7, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 1”): This jar is not ceremonial. It should remain classified as pseudo-ceremonial because it was made to resemble a ceremonial bowl, though it is not one. It is too big for a paint pot. It is too small for a cornmeal bowl; a person’s hand couldn’t fit into it to reach the cornmeal. While terraces, or step clouds, do appear on some Zuni ceramics, they would not normally be appended to the shoulder, as they are on this piece. It is a piece that was made for sale and not for personal, household, or ceremonial use in the community. It is alright to use this piece in publications, as long as it is made clear it is not actually ceremonial.
In Collection(s)
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