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Catalog Number CAS 0370-0165   CAS 0370-0165; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Hopi-Tewa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa
Maker's Name Nampeyo (ca. 1860-1942), Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (ca. 1900-1987)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1910
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay; Natural pigments
Description Round, squat jar with rounded base, flaring lower sides, and wide, midlevel shoulder that slopes inward to narrow mouth; Rim form is inward curving with rounded lip; Interior is scraped smooth; Exterior is scraped smooth, slipped white, and burnished; Designs in black and red include 4 eagle wing patterns with central stars, arranged in cross-like pattern around mouth; White slip on red clay indicates ca. 1910; Jar is unsigned, but uneven painting suggests it was probably made by Nampeyo and painted by Fannie (or another of Nampeyo’s daughters) early in the daughter’s career.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 14.8, Rim Diam = 11.8, Max Diam = 32.3