Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Storage jar
Date: 1920-1940
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 17.8 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 in.)
Weight: 1.1 kg (2.4 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Given in memory of Margaret Moses, 1984.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1984-4-7
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit April 3-5, 2018 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 10”): There are burn marks on this jar from being fired outdoors. The interior of this jar is dark and appears greasy, implying that it was likely used as a storage jar and not a water jar.
According to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit February 26-27, 2019 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 12”): Storage jars are constructed with thicker walls than water jars in order to support their size and the weight of the contents they would carry. The base of a storage jar is either round or flat. Storage jars were likely stored in cool places and stored items such as dried meats, crops from the garden, and other goods.
Storage jars are no longer being used or made at Acoma today. Jars that are made today that are comparable in size to that of a storage jar are usually made for sale and not for use.
In Collection(s)
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