Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Americas: Pitcher with Lizard Handle and Black and White Design

Pitcher with Lizard Handle and Black and White Design

Culture: Anasazi, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Place Excavated: Red Rock, Arizona, USA
Dates: 900-1300 C.E.
Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2in. (18 x 14cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 03.325.4175
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Catalogue Description: This pitcher has a lizard on the handle with the head pointed towards the rim; the legs are splayed fore and aft. The interior is plain while the exterior has a black on white design. The lizard has a striped head with detailed eyes and mouth. The feet are spotted and detailed. The pitcher body has one wide band composed of smaller designed bands which travel from top to bottom. There is a row of hooked triangles with pendant dots; a row of circular scrolls which are interlocked with stepped triangles; a row of circular scrolls which are interlocked with stepped triangles with pendant dots. There is a plain white band and a wide band of circular scrolls which alternate with stepped triangles with pendant dots.

Collections: Arts of the Americas: Pitcher with Lizard Handle and Black and White Design