Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2014 School for Advanced Research.
Bean pot
Date: 1920-1940
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 14.9 × 21.6 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
Weight: 1 kg (2.15 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund acquisition for the permanent collection, 1955.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2490
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit June 26-27, 2017 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 9”): This is a bean pot form. The entire jar is slipped orange and the design is painted white and brown. The clay is the typical Acoma white colored clay. This can be seen in the chip in the rim.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Acoma and Laguna Pottery
- Pg. p. 167, 227
- Fig. 7.14
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