| Object Number |
39051 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Hopi |
| Provenience |
Arizona | Kawayka'a |
| Culture Area |
Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made |
1400-1550 |
| Section |
American |
| Materials |
Clay | Pigment |
| Technique |
Sikyatki Polychrome |
| Description |
Sikyatki Polychrome ware. Painted hand on the interior which is the ritual mural painting tradition of Kawaika-a. The hand covers a flying bluebird and the wrist is painted over the rim. Splatters of paint all over. |
| Height |
9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
26 cm |
| Credit Line |
Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Brody, Jacob J. Beauty from the Earth. Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The University Museum, 1990. See: Back cover; p. 32, pl. 14; p. 94, Cat. No. 52 |
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| Brody, Jacob J. The Anasazi. Ancient Indian People of the American Southwest.. Rizzoli, 1991. Page/Fig./Plate: 186 |
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| Brody, Jacob J. Anasazi and Pueblo painting. University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Plate 24 |
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| Williams, Lucy F., William S. Wierzbowski, and Robert W. Preucel. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: Pages 168-169/Plate 68 |
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