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Water Jar
Accession # 02.257.2467
Culture Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Title Water Jar
Date 1868-1900
Medium Clay, pigment
Dimensions 11 × 13 × 13 in. (27.9 × 33 × 33 cm)
Inscriptions "2467" in white pigment on piece.
Credit Line Riggs Pueblo Pottery Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf K (Native American Art)
Description Water jar with a prominent mid-body bulge and scalloped rim. Underbody is slipped red and separated visually from the body by two fine, dark brown lines. Mid-body and neck have sinuous 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. White writing on side reads "2467," sticker on base reads "02.257.2467." Condition: 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.