Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Americas: Jar with Knob-shaped Handle

Jar with Knob-shaped Handle

Culture: Anasazi, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Place Made: Montezuma Wash, Utah, USA
Dates: 900-1300 C.E.
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 02.256.2254.1
Credit Line: Gift of Charles A. Schieren
Catalogue Description: The object is a black and white jar with a cylindrical neck, a knob-shaped handle projecting out from the side of the neck, and a globular-shaped body. The neck has interlocking, stepped, cloud-form designs. The top of the body has a plain horizontal band of white. Below the horizontal band are angular, vertical bands with geometric flag-form designs, each painted at a slightly different angle in relation to its position on the globular shape.

Collections: Arts of the Americas: Jar with Knob-shaped Handle