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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: c. 1987
Artist or Maker: Mabel Brown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 17.1 × 11.4 × 10.2 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 in.)
Weight: 0.3 kg (0.7 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of James Richard (Rick) Dillingham, II.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1993-5-1
Not on view
DescriptionPolychrome ceramic effigy pitcher. An animal head, (cow) form is superimposed upon a conventional jar shaped body, which sits upon a flared base, A twisted rope handle is attached at the back of the head and is joined to the shoulder of the pitcher. Facial features are applied with slip. Apertures are at the back of the head and at the mouth which serves as the spout. The design motifs are triangles, stepped triangles and scallops which divide the body of the pitcher into quadrants.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit February 17-19, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 5”): Mabel Brown was known for making cow pitchers. It is a three-color polychrome. Only one shade of orange is used on this pitcher. These types of pitchers are rarely made now. Nothing more was said about this pitcher.
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