Olla (Water Jar)

A:shiwi (Zuni)
Southwest

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collected 1903-1907

Terracotta and paint

Overall: 3 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (10 × 11.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.10693

Geography

Place Made: Zuni Pueblo, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southwest

Not on view

Inscriptions

Parital label on base: "(of) F... Near .... N.M."

Publication History

Beth Michelle Schrift, Pueblo Pottery of the Churchill Collection at the Turn of the Century: A Representation of Changing Times, 2004, pp. 1-102, ill. p. 65, fig. 24.

Provenance

Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), New Mexico, 1903-1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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