Jar

Olla

38321

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Olla
Object Number 38321
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1870-1880
Section American
Materials Clay
Technique Zuni Polychrome
Description

Zuni Polychrome ware. Painting on jar is darker than Zuni artists usually prefer; Its precise execution and constricted base suggest a date well before 1900. Vessel formed in shallow mold, that terminated at the point at which jar begins to balloon outward.

Height 18 cm
Outside Diameter 24 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901

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