Water Jar

56-24-4

From: Arizona | Hopi | Second Mesa (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 56-24-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Hopi | Second Mesa (uncertain)
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Clay
Description

Pottery, almost globular with vertical neck band. Unslipped cream-yellow to orange crackled surface. Black-brown and red design. Pre-Nampeyo, Zuni influenced. Top to bottom: Neck band: 10 small birds with spread wings and tail. Shoulder band: 4 hook elements with a long triangular point on outside of curve. Center: four medallions connected by a narrow band. Next: smaller version of shoulder band. Base: red. Dimpled bottom. Badly broken; mended.

Width 25.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred V. Kidder, 1956
Other Number 16 - Other Number

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