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Cooking jar

Date: 1910-1920
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
16.5 × 20.3 cm (6 1/2 × 8 in.)
Medium: clay | paint, slip
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.1115
Not on view
DescriptionUtilitarian jar, probably used for cooking. The clay is naturally red – no slip is applied. Wide-mouthed opening. Small applied rectangles around the neck, each placed at an angle. Two handles, one of which is now broken and missing. The jar is undecorated and smudged with black soot.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit November 29-30, and December 1, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 7”): This cooking jar is also known as a bean pot. The clay that is used to make these types of jars is a red clay. It is not likely that the interior is slipped red. It is burnt from use.
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