Collections: Arts of the Americas: Double-Necked Pitcher with Handle

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Double-Necked Pitcher with Handle

• Culture: Anasazi, Native American
• Medium: Clay, slip
• Place Excavated: Red Rock, Arizona, USA
• Dates: probably 1070-1150 C.E.
• Period: Pueblo II
• Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (16.8 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm)
• Collections: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 03.325.4188
• Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
• Image: Group, 03.325.4188_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Anasazi (Native American). Double-Necked Pitcher with Handle, probably 1070-1150 C.E. Clay, slip, 6 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (16.8 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund, 03.325.4188 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.325.4188_acetate_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: The object is a double-necked pitcher with handle. The interior is white and undecorated; the exterior is white with a variety of outlined patterns filled in with black oblique parallel lines. Although each neck on the base of the pitcher has a similar shape, the geometric shape designs are different. For example, one neck has vertical and horizontal step forms in the center of its design; the other has angular zigzag forms. At the top of the handle is a double triangle painted solid black, followed by a square filled in with oblique parallel lines, and a base with diamond shapes filled in with similar oblique linear patterns. There is one large piece and several chips missing from the rim.