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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2007 School for Advanced Research.
Water jar | K'yabokya de'ele
Date: c. 1880
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 26.7 × 36.9 cm (10 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
Weight: 3.3 kg (7.25 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth S. Sergeant, 1923.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.6
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit February 17 and 18, 2010 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 4”): The neck design is complex, incorporating feathers with rain hatching and cloud designs. The body design is of rainbirds. The rainbirds do not have eyes. There is a repair to a large chip on the shoulder. It appears to be made with a mixture of piñon pitch and clay. The chip does not go all the through the vessel wall; the repair was likely a patch meant to prevent further deterioration of the chipped area.
The word for a water jar in Zuni is “k'yabokya de'ele,” which translates to “water container vessel” in English. The intended use for these jars was to store and carry water, but they could also be used to store other items.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Pueblo Designs
- Pg. 43
- Fig. Plate XIII, 3
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