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Olla (water jar)
Native American, Zia Pueblo
1865–70
Object Place: Zia, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
22.86 cm (9 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1987.421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRed with concave base. Side decorated with feather or leaf and eye motif over cream slip in lense-shaped banding of sienna colored slip around middle of jar. Above and below mid band are leaf/feather designs, and rings painted in black. Rim has two Sienna-colored and black bordered bands with "spirit exit."
Provenance1987, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1987)