Earthen Vase.

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Object Details

Donor Name

Bureau Of American Ethnology

Site Name

Sikyatki (near)

Notes

From card: "Ancient. Large. Yellow ware, decorated." Illus. Pl. CXXVIb after p. 664, in B.A.E. 17th Annual Report, pt. 2. Discussed on p. 660 of the publication.

Described and illustrated (Fig. 2, p. 69) in Schramm, David S., 2013, "Righting the Record: Attributing a "Unique" Pottery Vessel to Nampeyo," American Indian Art Magazine, 38(4):68-81. Schramm identifies the jar as Polacca Polychrome with conventionalized bird motifs and attributes the jar to Nampeyo.

Record Last Modified

5 Jun 2025

Specimen Count

Culture

(?)

Hopi (?)

Accession Date

1895

Accession Number

029889

USNM Number

A155682-0

Object Type

Jar

Height - Object

34 cm

Diameter - Object

38 cm

Place

Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Archaeology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32da8a84e-0488-43e3-b205-310f6a5967bd

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8027344