Water Jar
- Culture: Pueblo, Acoma, Native American
- Medium: Clay, pigment
- Place Made: Acoma, New Mexico, USA
- Dates: 1868-1900
- Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 13 in. (29.2 x 33cm)
- Inscriptions: "2467" in white pigment on piece.
- Collections: Arts of the Americas
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Centennial Era, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 02.257.2467
- Credit Line: Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
- Image: Overall, 02.257.2467_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Water jar with a prominant mid-body bulge and scalloped rim. Underbody is slipped red and seperated visually from the body by two fine, dark brown lines. Mid-body and neck have senuous leaf and parallelogram designs in dark brown on a white ground. The scalloped rim is dark brown. Inside neck is slipped orange, the rest is unslipped revealing a whitish body. Culin card says"broken." Breaks in large part of shoulder and neck have been repaired.This section is considerably dirtier than the rest. Slight paint losses and surface abrasions on the body.
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