Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Americas: Pitcher with Black and White Exterior

Pitcher with Black and White Exterior

Culture: Anasazi, Native American
Medium: Ceramic, pigment
Place Excavated: Red Rock, Arizona, USA
Dates: probably 900-1100 C.E.
Period: Pueblo II
Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 15/16in. (15 x 11.5 x 10cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 03.325.4165
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Catalogue Description: The handle of this long necked pitcher has one rectangle of 7 vertical stripes. The interior is plain while the exterior has a pattern of finely drawn black lines. The neck has three long vertically striped rectangles with a negative "S" form inside each. The base has one, enclosed, diagonally, striped band encircling it. The white slip under the design is patchy beneath the dark lines. Condition excellent.

Collections: Arts of the Americas: Pitcher with Black and White Exterior