Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Water jar | K'yabokya de'ele
Date: c. 1900
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 30.5 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.)
Weight: 2.3 kg (5.1 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.1360
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 16 and 17, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 3”): This is a storage jar that could have been used to hold either water or food items (as is true for all of the jars of this form). This jar has a flower design with five petals on one side of the jar, while the one the opposite side has six petals. The jar is very similar to IAF.1259. They have the same neck design and the house arches don’t have tops on either jar. They were both purchased in 1929 and may have been by the same artist.
The word for a water jar in Zuni is “k'yabokya,” which translates to “water container” in English. The intended use for these jars was to store and carry water, but they could also be used to store other items.
In Collection(s)
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