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

Jar

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

Jar

Date: c. 1670
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 29.2 × 41.9 cm (11 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
Weight: 3.1 kg (6.9 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1928.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.996
Not on view
DescriptionHawikuh Glaze-on-red jar with red slip and black glaze painted decoration. Thin, sculpted rim. Two bands of design. The neck has stepped zigzags and a band of triangles at the bottom edge of the band. The bulge of the jar is decorated with a band of geometric motifs including feathers, stepped zigzags, and split half circles with circles that may represent eyes. The base of the jar is flat, but not convex. The base has significant accretions on it, which appear to be clay or dirt possibly mixed with pitch. There are small pieces of wood and plant fibers embedded in the accretions. There is also a small, triangular pottery sherd embedded in it. At the time of acquisition, there was a fragment of woolen textile embedded in the accretion. It was removed and is now stored encapsulated between two pieces of glass. (See Notes field for additional information about the textile fragment.)
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit April 22-24, 2015 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo, Review 1”): At Acoma there is a Zuni Eagle Clan, which one of the participants, Pearl Valdo, belongs to. It was suggested because of the bird-like design, and because this pot is connected to both Acoma and Zuni, that this may have been brought to Acoma from Zuni and possibly made from someone who was of the Eagle Clan. The participants stated that the design looked both Acoma and Zuni.

This style of jar was found in the Acoma/Zuni area and cannot be attributed to one specifically.

In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Acoma and Laguna Pottery
  • Pg. p. 36, 211
  • Fig. 2.11
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