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Native American, A:shiwi (Zuni)
1870–87
Object Place: Zuni, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with red and brown slip paint
Dimensions
Other: 14 x 30.5 cm (5 1/2 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number87.24
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionInside white ground; painted with square motif at center and surrounded with crook shaped elements; bands in red and brown.
ProvenanceAbout 1884/1885, acquired in New Mexico by Clarence Pullen (b. 1850 - d. 1902), Boston; 1887, sold by Clarence Pullen to Charles Greely Loring (b. 1828 - d. 1902), Boston, for the MFA. (Accession Date: April 21, 1887)
NOTE: This is one of fifteen pieces acquired in 1887 for $100. Pullen was surveyor general of New Mexico from 1884 until 1885.
NOTE: This is one of fifteen pieces acquired in 1887 for $100. Pullen was surveyor general of New Mexico from 1884 until 1885.