Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.
Jar
Date: before 1929
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 16.5 × 21.6 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
Weight: 1.4 kg (3.15 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.1339
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2011 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 7”): This piece is a jar, but not of a typical water jar shape because it does not have the usual neck/shoulder/body/base construction, and it does not have a concavity for carrying on the head. The rim is painted black. There is a thin black line immediately below the rim. There are four appliqué toads on the shoulder of the jar, painted red with black spots. They are connected by a line of red water waves/feathers between each toad. There are four feathers with rain hatching and dots that may be hail/seeds/planting holes, located below the wave/feathers, and between each toad. A thin line with a line break separates the body designs from the base. The base is a solid dark brown and it doesn’t show much wear. The jar was examined with a black light and the white slip fluoresced yellow under it. There are some dark-colored deposits on the interior of the jar; they did not fluoresce under the black light.
In Collection(s)
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