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ProvenanceW.S. Dutton, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.54.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.208.
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. 228.
Culture
Zuni Pueblo
Jar
Date1870-1885
MediumClay, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 11 in. (24.8 × 27.9 cm)
Object numberT0120
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextHistorically the Zuni used jars decorated with small animal effigies in their ceremonies. In the early 1900s the Zuni began to make and sell animal effigy decorated pots for tourists and frog effigy jars were made in great numbers. This jar with its unusual owl heads and its worn surface suggest that the jar was used by the Zuni rather than having been made for sale. Zuni design elements are characterized by a flowing and curving line and the tiny birds that encircle the jar.ProvenanceW.S. Dutton, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.54.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.208.
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. 228.
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