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Puki

Artist or Maker: Unknown

Dimensions:

Dimensions: H: 5.1 × Dia: 20.3 cm (H: 2 × Dia: 8 in.)

Weight: 62.37 g (2.2 oz.)

Medium: clay

Credit Line: Gift of Dwight P. Lanmon, 2003.

Object Number: SAR.2003-14-1

On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

DescriptionA pueblo puki eight inches in diameter. A utilitarian object used to construct the base of a pot. This puki was probably the base of a pottery jar, and is lined with a thick coating of grayish clay. In the center is a raised section of reddish clay (used to make the concave base). The lower layer (per Dwight Lanmon) may be Pueblo IV or later; the inner (red) clay is probably historic.

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Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

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