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Pitcher
- Culture: Anasazi, Native American
- Medium: Clay, slip
- Place Collected: Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA
- Dates: 900-1300 C.E.
- Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 7 in. (16.5 x 17.8 cm)
- Inscriptions: Label #103 on bottom. "2263" in red ink written on shoulder, Remains of old paper tag on neck.
- Collections: Arts of the Americas
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 02.256.2263
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles A. Schieren
- Catalogue Description: Handled pitcher decorated in black on a white slip. Bulbous body with a wide neck and flat handle. Neck design is zig-zag and straight lines with dashes around the rim. Body design is interlocking, stepped, solid and hatched. There is a plain band of white where the neck joins the body. Large chip missing from the rim. Fine crack runs from this chip to body where there is a hole approximately 1 1/2 inches long and 1/8 inch wide. Surface has brownish substance adhering to it especially on bottom.
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum