Seed Jar
| Object Number: | 29-77-703 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Hopi |
| Provenience: | Arizona |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Period: | Pueblo IV |
| Date Made: | 1400-1625 |
| Early Date: | 1400 |
| Late Date: | 1625 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Clay Pigment |
| Technique: | Sikyatki Polychrome |
| Iconography: | squash blossoms, dragonflies, ears of corn. |
| Height: | 22 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 36 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest 1901; R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
Description
Sikyatki Polychrome ware painted along the shoulder with stylized dragonflies, ears of corn, and free-handed squash blossoms. The band around the widest area of the body is painted with sections of geometrics.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Year of Heath - Corn: From Ancient Crop to Soda Pop (10 Apr 2015 - 14 Mar 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Beauty from the Earth: Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (10 Nov 1990 - 29 Dec 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Brody, Jacob J. 1990. Beauty from the Earth. Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 37, pl. 16; p. 95, Cat. No. 57 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 28-29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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