Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.
Water jar | K'yabokya de'ele
Date: 1850-1900
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 26.7 × 34.3 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
Weight: 3.3 kg (7.25 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2403B
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”): The rim of this jar flares out just a little to form a lip. The jar is decorated with one horizontal band of bucks (upper band) and one of does (lower band), like IAF.907. On this jar, however, there is a narrow decorative band with red rainbirds separating the deer bands, unlike IAF.907, which separates the two deer bands by only a single black line. This one also has two vertical design bars, located on opposite sides of the jar that interrupt the horizontal design bands. On IAF.907, the horizontal bands continue uninterrupted all the way around the jar. This jar follows Zuni design conventions a little more closely than IAF.907.
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)
Bibliography:
The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo
- Pg. 153
- Fig. 8.13a
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