Polychrome Canteen

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Polychrome Canteen

Entry/Object ID

E-262

Description

Polychrome canteen with painted stylized parrot design and straw handle. Dried out corn cob as lid with small slits in the front of the canteen. Base has inscriptions at the bottom along with the potter's name.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

22.03.11

Source or Donor

Mark Rosenfeld

Made/Created

Artist

Gwen Setalla

Date made

circa 2001

Notes

handmade via coil and scrape method

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Western United States

Culture/Tribe

Hopi
Native American

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Material

Native clay and pigments

Color

Red, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Arm loop on one side has been broken off, presumably in the move to the new facility. Straw handle hangs from remaining, attached arm loop. All viable, loose pieces (3) were collected and stored with the object.