Olla (Water Jar)

Acoma Pueblo (Aco-Mah)
Southwest

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collected 1940s

Terracotta

Overall: 5 7/8 × 8 in. (15 × 20.3 cm)

Overall: 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert W. Christy in memory of Walter C. and Ruth S. Christy

998.27.30368

Geography

Place Made: Acoma Pueblo, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southwest

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in dark brown, bottom: Acoma / N.M.; inscribed, in graphite, on bottom: 5/25

Provenance

Purchased by Walter C. and Ruth S. Christy (donor's parents) in New Mexico in the 1940's; Robert Wentworth Christy (1922-2020), Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1998.

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