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1896.54.1

Water pot with designs of lake, ducks, cloud, rain, lightning and squash blossom. [MOBB [OPS move] 07/04/2016]

1896.54.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Water pot with designs of lake, ducks, cloud, rain, lightning and squash blossom. [MOBB [OPS move] 07/04/2016]
Long description
Ceramic vessel of semi-globular body, with a flat base, a defined shoulder and convex neck. The decoration is painted floral and circular patterning in black and brown on a white background. [MOBB [OPS move] 07/04/2016]
Cultural groups
Zuni
Person
Field collector James Stevenson
PRM source Amabel Nevill Sollas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884
Date collected
1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1896
Materials and processes
Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Handbuilt, Process Painted
Dimensions
Height: max 245 mm, Diameter: max 245 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1896.54.1 Other numbers: Powell no. 1
Research and responses

James Stevenson collected in the Southwest in 1879, 1881 and 1884. Ref. Bureau of Ethnology Annual Reports 2 (1880-1) pp 429-465 , 3 (1881-2) pp 517-594 & 6 (1884-5) pp xxviii-xxix. [LM 26/11/99]

Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Pottery, Figure, Food Accessory, Bird Figure

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