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Photograph by Peter Gabriel Studio. Copyright 2020-2021 Peter Gabriel Studio.
Water jar
Date: 1880-1900
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: H: 25.4 × Dia: 26.7 cm (H: 10 × Dia: 10 1/2 in.)
Weight: 3 kg (6.6 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection,1926.
Place Made:
Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.521
On view
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Tesuque collection review visit March 9-10, 2020 (Events Record “Collection Review: Tesuque Pueblo Review 2"): The bottom of this jar is very heavy which is characteristic of a water jar. The design could include floral motifs with seeds.
In Collection(s)
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