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View 1. Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2014 School for Advanced Research.

Storage jar

View 1.
Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2014 School for Advanced Research.

Storage jar

Date: 1890-1900
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 31.8 × 29.2 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
Weight: 2.3 kg (5 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Sallie Wagner, 1957.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2721
Not on view
DescriptionAko polychrome storage jar; four-color: white slip with black, red, and orange painted decoration. The design consists of three panels of complex geometric and curvilinear motifs overall. Symbolized in the design are; rain, clouds, mountains, and lightning. Red slipped underbody, concave base, fire clouds present, and red slipped interior rim. Tall form with unusual "archaic" feather patterns in red, orange and black, more common on Ako Polychrome.
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”): The design on this jar could be an older design. The design consists of; rain, clouds, mountains, and lightning. The design can be inverted and is broken into three panels. There are a lot of subtle differences in the design overall. There are no lines breaks on this 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.
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