Jar

Olla

NA8659

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Olla
Object Number NA8659
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Period Historic
Date Made ca. 1900
Section American
Materials Clay
Technique Zuni Polychrome
Description

Zuni Polychrome ware. Painted with terraced dividers between panels with deer figures, heart lines depicted in red. Birds are painted below the rim. Fine-line hachures and vertical zigzags suggest rain and lightnight. Water jar.

Height 26 cm
Outside Diameter 34 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918

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