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Seed Jar
Probably by: Nampeyo (Harmless Snake) (Hopi Pueblo, Hano (Tewa Village), First Mesa, 1860–1942)
Native American, Hopi Pueblo
about 1918
Object Place: Hopi, Hano, First Mesa, Arizona, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.), overall diameter: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.), diameter of lip: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Miller
Accession Number1989.704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionFlat shouldered seed jar with red slip encircling lip, which has numerous minor nicks and one 1/2" chip. Symbols of earth's fertility are encircled on shoulder. Two sets of four vertically stacked black rectangles with parallel lines extending from tops and bases of rectangles symbolize rain. Two sets of 4 vertically stacked rectangles, that are half sienna, half black, symbolize eagle feathers. Yellow low-fired earthenware with sienna and black clay slip.
Provenance1920s, acquired in the American southwest by David A. R. Thompson (b. 1898 - d. 1986) and Elizabeth Miller Thompson (b. 1905 - d. 1961), Knoxville, TN; given by Mrs. Thompson to her sister-in-law, Evelyn E. (Mrs. Stanley A.) Miller, North Chatham, MA; 1989, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Miller to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1989)