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Storage jar
Native American, Cochiti Pueblo
1860–70s
Object Place: Cochiti or Santo Domingo, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 52.7 cm (20 3/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 52.7 cm (20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Independence Investment Associates, Inc.
Accession Number1997.175
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionLarge bulbous jar with short, wide neck and rounded base. Paint is black on cream with a strong negative/positive character from rim to lower base area, which is earth red. A double line encircles the neck above a band of scalloped figures. A zigzag band about 2 " wide separates the wide band of body painting from the neck. The body band is composed of seven registers of diagonal elements that are separated by a vertical, ladder-like checkerboard motif. Between two registers is a vertical separation that etends to the rim.
ProvenanceJanuary 21, 1987, sold by a private collector, Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM, to Richard Renwick (b. 1922 - d. 2009) and Katherin E. Renwick (b. 1926 - d. 2012), Cochiti Lake, near Albuquerque, NM; October, 1987, sold by the Renwicks to Alexander Anthony, Adobe Gallery, Albuquerque; 1997, sold by Adobe Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 19, 1997)