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Jar

Object Number:2009-10-17
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Pueblo
Provenience: New Mexico
Jemez Pueblo
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Maker: Juanita Fragua
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Paint
Iconography:Bird
Leaves
Height: 23 cm
Outside Diameter:15.5 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Richard William Wolf, Jr. in memory of his mother, Patricia J. Wolf, 2009
Other Number:350 - Other Number

Description

Large Wedding Jar. Beige, double-spouted jar with diagonal ridges around body; stylized dark brown and orange floral (corn) and faunal (bird) designs. Bird holds three red and black leaves in beak. Black zig-zagged arrow inside lip of one spout. Pencil mark on base: "350". Signed on base: "Juanita Fragua. Jemez Pue, NM (Wala Town)."

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