Zuni Pot

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Zuni Pot

Entry/Object ID

695

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Charles Peterson

Notes

Date: 1893 Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Peterson Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1890

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Diam, Height: 10x6 1/2 in; Diam, Height: 25.4x16.51 cm

Height

6-1/2 in

Diameter

10 in

Height

16.51 cm

Diameter

25.4 cm

Material

Earthenware (redware)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

This vessel was made by the Zuni, a Pueblo people located in New Mexico, c. 1890.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The Zuni used animal fetishes for guidance. The deer fetish is called upon by the Zuni to teach them gentleness.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The earliest American ceramic objects, dating around 850 AD, were pots and jars from the southwest.