Detail View: The AMICA Library: Jar

AMICA ID: 
BCM_.40.56.2
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description: 
Ornamental jar in imitation of the prehistoric Anasazi "seed jar" with its high shoulder and no neck and lip; foot is slipped red, the upper body to the rim, white; a black, geometric design is painted over the white slipped area; design, with its solid and hatched interlocking key motifs and stepped frets, is also in imitation of the designs of ancient Anasazi pottery.
Creator Nationality: 
Native American
Creator Name-CRT: 
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
Title: 
Jar
View: 
Full view
Creation Date: 
First quarter of the 20th century
Creation Start Date: 
1900
Creation End Date: 
1925
Materials and Techniques: 
Clay, slip, pigment
Classification Term: 
Container
Creation Place: 
New Mexico, United States
Dimensions: 
Height: 4 1/8"; diameter: 4 7/8"
AMICA Contributor: 
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Owner Location: 
Brooklyn, New York, USA
ID Number: 
40.56.2
Credit Line: 
Museum purchase, Franklin W. Hooper Memorial Fund, 1940
Rights: 
Context: 
Vessels such as this were made by Pueblo women for commercial sale to collectors. They are "revivals" or copies of designs and shapes from ancient vessels made by the Anasazi people who lived in the area in ancient times.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
BCM_.40-56-2.tif