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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Jar

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

Jar

Date: 1920s
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 17.8 × 25.4 cm (7 × 10 in.)
Weight: 1.3 kg (2.8 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.1338
Not on view
DescriptionWhite slipped exterior with red and black painted and appliqued decoration; frogs in relief; butterflies; birds; pollywogs; white slipped flat base; black line around interior rim.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit April 6 and 7, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 1”): This is not a ceremonial jar. It is shaped like a water jar, but the sculpted frogs and the tadpoles are odd iconography for a water jar. The tadpoles have open mouths. There is no line break in the line around the rim. It is just a jar with unusual design elements.
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