Canteen with Leather Strap

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Canteen with Leather Strap

Entry/Object ID

E-183

Description

A buff polychrome canteen painted with a stylized bird design with a black outline and red, black, and white paint. The canteen was handmade via the coil and crape method using native clay. Two lugs on the canteen provide handles for a leather strap. Signed on the back is: "Dorothy Ami, 2001, Tewa Hopi" as well as a image of a pipe and smoke.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Hopi Pottery

Acquisition

Accession

14.01.01

Made/Created

Artist

Dorothy Ami

Date made

circa 2001

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hopi
Native American

Dimensions

Height

10.5 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Material

Native clay

Color

Buff, Black, Red, White

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

Uneven coloring (lighter on back than the front). Patterns from scrape method visible along edges and handle. Some small chips on the front design, visible in the above photo. Some loose clay inside causes a rattling sound, but no visible evidence inside of chipping.