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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.

Pitcher

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.

Pitcher

Date: 1920-1940
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 15.2 × 8.9 cm (6 × 3 1/2 in.)
Weight: 0.2 kg (0.5 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Klein, 1981.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1981-26-39
Not on view
DescriptionAcoma polychrome pitcher; three-color; white slip with black and orange painted decoration. The design consists of half circles with orange triangles and a triangles with hatching (rain lines) inside. Conecting them are small double black triangles and triangles with hatching creating a diamond shaped area. At the bottom of the diamon shaped aread are on orange curved triangle motif and black triangles. Large loop handle with repeating incised orange design. Orange interior band and flat base.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit May 11-13, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 6”): The handle on this pitcher has been broken and glued back together. This pitcher is something that would have been sold along the roadside and railroad to travelers. It is a tourist trade piece. It is possible that this piece was purchased from someone selling on the roadside. The design on this pitcher, a variation of the thunder bird, is a typical Acoma design.
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