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Decorated Pitcher, Black Mesa Black on White

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Ancestral Pueblo
MEDIUM Pottery, pigment
  • Place Collected: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, United States
    • DATES probably 875–1130
    PERIOD Pueblo I-II
    DIMENSIONS 6 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (16.5 x 8.9cm)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 03.325.10780
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This pitcher has a broken handle. The interior is plain while the exterior has a black on white quadrilateral design, which is composed of negative triangles in a scroll form. The remaining areas are hatched.There are a few small chips in the rim.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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    TAGS

    food
    drink
    service

    TAGS

    food
    drink
    service

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