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Olla

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Native NameOlla
Object Number:NA2167
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Zuni
Provenience: New Mexico
Cabezon
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Date Made: 1700-1750
Early Date: 1700
Late Date: 1750
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Pigment
Technique:Ashiwi Polychrome
Height: 24 cm
Outside Diameter:29 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Rev. J. M. Whitlock, 1911

Description

Ashiwi Polychrome ware. Widens around the body with stylized feathers forming bird wings painted on the upper shoulder.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) 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
Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) 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. 48, pl. 22; p. 96, Cat. No. 75View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 52, pl. 50View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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