Pitcher

20221

From: New Mexico | Laguna

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 20221
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Laguna
Provenience New Mexico | Laguna
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Technique Polychrome
Description

Polychrome pitcher, handle folded and extending from rim to middle of vessel. Curved middle, pronounced base. Red bottom and interior, handle decorated with hatching and solid lines, rim painted black. Three panels of decoration on the body of the pitcher. First panel is a band of obovate leaves with open space, second panel is a band of diagonal rectangles with open space. The final panel is a band of solid red triangles surrounded by concentric triangles.

Height 8.89 cm
Width 6.35 cm
Credit Line Gift of Carl Edelheim, 1897

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