Seed Jar
52-14-6
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 52-14-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi |
| Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Period | Pueblo IV |
| Date Made | CE 1400-1625 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | Type is Sikyatki Polychrome, a ware made in the 15th and 16th centuries. The elaborate design with highly conventionalized geometric elements probably dates this as late 16th or early 17th centuries. Yellow background with black and red designs. Shape is characteristic Hopi with flattened shoulder and small mouth. Rim flares outward. Lip has two broken places. |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 37.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Louis S. Clarke, 1952 |
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