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Jar

Date: before 1929

Artist or Maker: Unknown

Dimensions:

Dimensions: 32 × 23 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Weight: 1.5 kg (3.3 lb.)

Medium: clay | paints

Place Made:

Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America

Object Number: IAF.1277

Not on view

DescriptionPolychrome double jar with globular lower portion and upper portion shaped as a bird effigy. Solidly painted winged motif on effigy "tail" is enclosed by winged outline with central arch. A pointed scalloped neck border terminates in corner triangles with pendant bird beaks. A series of dashes accentuate the background. On the opposite side, an upper border of pendant bird beaks flanking three open circles and a lower toothed and scalloped border frame an unembellished center. The lower portion has a reverse scalloped upper band above two identical panels containing an anthropomorphic figure with outstretched arms and wings and geometrically composed head.
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 should remain classified as pseudo-ceremonial because it was apparently sold as a ceremonial jar, though it is not one. Though a note in the IAF catalog entry for this jar indicates that it was used in the “Heart of the World Altar,” (along with IAF.981, IAF.1276, IAF.1281, IAF.1282, and IAF.1283), this is extremely unlikely. There is a Heart of the World at Zuni, but currently there are only two people at Zuni who know what it consists of. This piece is okay for research and publication as long as it is made clear that it is not ceremonial.

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Zuni Collection

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