Jar

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Jar

Entry/Object ID

E-185

Description

A jar painted with a stylized bird design. It is decorated with black and red paint on white polychrome. The jar is handmade using coil and scraping method with native clay. The bottom of the jar is signed "M.N. & V.N.," standing for Maynard and Veronica Navasie and an icon of a frog. The bottom of the jar also has "145" written in pencil.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Hopi Pottery

Acquisition

Accession

14.01.03

Made/Created

Artist

Maynard & Veronica Navasie

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hopi
Native American

Dimensions

Height

13 cm

Diameter

11 cm

Material

Native clay

Color

White, Black, Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Notes

Some discoloring around the lip of opening and along the bottom of the jar. Some small discoloration in pattern along body.