Jar
Olla
38321
From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Curatorial Section: American
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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