AMICA ID:
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BCM_.40.56.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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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.
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Creator Nationality:
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Native American
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
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Title:
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Jar
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View:
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Full view
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Creation Date:
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First quarter of the 20th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1900
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Creation End Date:
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1925
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Materials and Techniques:
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Clay, slip, pigment
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Classification Term:
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Container
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Creation Place:
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New Mexico, United States
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Dimensions:
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Height: 4 1/8"; diameter: 4 7/8"
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AMICA Contributor:
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Owner Location:
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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40.56.2
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Credit Line:
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Museum purchase, Franklin W. Hooper Memorial Fund, 1940
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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BCM_.40-56-2.tif
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