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Large Storage Jar

Culture: Pueblo, Zuni, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Place Made: New Mexico, USA
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions: 12 x 13 x 13in. (30.5 x 33 x 33cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: X949.2
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Image: Overall, x949.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: This is alLarge, full round body storage jar with shallow shoulder, short neck and wide mouth. Base is concave. Design is polychrome red and black on white. The body design has all-over pattern of alternating circles with tapered triangular points. The base and inside the neck are black. Some crackling of surface paint. Large crack along 2/3 of side from the rim. 1/2" chip and abrasion of design on outer rim.

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