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Title

Pot

Artist

Artist Unknown, Acoma Pueblo, Native American

Physical Description

A squat, gracefully rounded pot with a mouth that is slightly smaller than the widest circumference of the pot, and a tapered base. The interior is colored white. There is a band of black along the brim. The exterior is decorated with a pattern of alternating squares: brownish-orange squares divided vertically by a white stripe broken by three thin black lines; and white squares divided diagonally with wave-like black shapes.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1984/2.20

Medium and Support

earthenware

relevance

rank 11.68564

Primary Keywords

acoma

applied decoration

earthenware

native american

pots

southwestern native american styles

vessels