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1917.53.545

Red ware pottery vessel with a flat base, rounded body and tapering sides. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]


1917.53.545

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red ware pottery vessel with a flat base, rounded body and tapering sides. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Long description
Red ware pottery vessel with a flat base, rounded body and tapering sides, which flare outwards towards the rim. Handle attached to the body and the rim. Painted on the exterior on a white ground with red and black stylised clouds and geometric shapes. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Geographical reference
Western USA Arizona Navajo County Tewa Village [Hano]
Cultural groups
Hopi-Tewa
Person
Field collector James Stevenson
PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884
Date collected
1879 - 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Slipped, Process Handbuilt, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width: max 146 mm, Height: max 112 mm, Diameter: max 113 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.53.545 Other numbers: ?Powell no. 160
Research and responses

Listed originally as Acoma; identified as Hano by G.E.S.Turner.

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel, Food and Drink, Cup, Food Accessory