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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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