Jar

Date1800-1850

DimensionsOverall: 12 × 13 in. (30.5 × 33 cm)

Object numberT0103

Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust

Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC

Label TextThe distinctive "mushroom" shape of this large storage jar resembles an earlier Ako Polychrome. (c.f. Dillingham 1992, fig.2.1, Batkin 1987, p.154) The peculiar shape results from the use of a deep "puki", a dish form used to hold and shape the base of the pot. After the puki has served its function, the sides of the vessel may be expanded. Acomita Polychrome was made in various shapes between 1770 and 1880. Typical are the flowing geometric decorations seen on this example, as are the triangles decorating the neck, and the red-slipped underbody. While Harlow (1990) has categorized these characteristics as Acomita Polychrome and Dillingham (1992) concurs, Batkin (1987) sees no justification for recognizing it as a distinct type. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)
ProvenanceRobert V. Gallegos, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHarlow, Francis H. “Two Hundred Years of Historic Pueblo Pottery: The Gallegos Collection.” Santa Fe: Morning Star Gallery, 1990, pl. 16.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.205.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 226.

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