Jar

57-26-50

From: Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 57-26-50
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1954
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Description

Polychrome jar, short neck, pronounced shoulder, rounded body and base. Red bottom, interior undecorated, rim painted, paint deteriorating. Exterior decorated in two separate sections, the first is comprised of repeating panels containing a ceremonial blanket surrounded by diagonal lines. The second section is comprised of panels containing crosses bisected by diagonal lines at the corners.

Height 9 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-52 - Old Museum Number | 55 - Other Number

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