Jar

ca. 1750

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Zuni artists produced this style of jar, with an angular underbody and bulging shoulder, between 1700 and 1750. Making the pottery required great care at each stage of a long and demanding process. The women first offered prayers and thanks as they dug the earth to retrieve the clay. Then they cleaned and sifted the clay, coiled and shaped the pot, coated the surface with a clay slip, paint the design, and, finally, fired the pot.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Jar
Artist: Unrecorded Ashiwi (Zuni) artist
Date: ca. 1750
Geography: United States, New Mexico
Culture: Ashiwi (Zuni)
Medium: Clay, pigments
Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 × Diam. 12 in. (24.1 × 30.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Vessels
Credit Line: Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY (T0119)
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing