Buff ware vessel with a flat base, ovoid body and open mouth. [ASh [OPS move] 04/04/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Buff ware vessel with a flat base, ovoid body and open mouth. [ASh [OPS move] 04/04/2016]
Long description: Buff ware vessel with a flat base, ovoid body and open mouth. White slip on the exterior with black painted spots on the body and a think black band below the rim and above the foot. Small handle attached to the side of the body. [ASh [OPS move] 04/04/2016]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Western USA New Mexico Sandoval County Cochiti Pueblo
Cultural groups: Cochiti
Person: Field collector Octavius Bates; Field collector Octavius John Seymour Cavendish Bates; PRM source Octavius Bates; PRM source Octavius John Seymour Cavendish Bates
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1889
Date collected: By 1889
Acquisition information: Donated: 08/1889
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Handbuilt, Process Slipped, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 50 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Depth: max 61 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1889.39.6
Research and responses: In March 2007 Dr Bruce Bernstein from the Smithsonian Institution examined 1889.39.1 through to 1889.39.10 and identified all eleven pots as items made specifically for sale to travellers and tourists. This is because of their miniaturised form, the simplified painted designs and their shapes, including animals and mini teacups that are 'pleasing' or recognisable to tourists. Objects like this would also sell in the nineteenth century because the popularity of the idea of the exotic that was associated with indigenous peoples. They would have been new or unused when purchased, probably costing 5 or 10 cents each. [ZM 8/3/2007]

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel

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