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1050–1400

American Decorative Arts

Not on view

The Native American ceramic tradition in the Southwest is deep, with many tribes tracing their artistic lineage back to the Anasazi of the Four Corners region, who left behind sizable adobe structures. This jar, most likely used for storage, relates to Hopi and Zuni examples in its use of rich red clay and asymmetrical geometric decoration.

Medium

Low-fire earthenware

Dimensions

10 7/8 × 14 5/8 in. (27.623 × 37.148 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Joann and Gifford Phillips, Class of 1942

Accession Number

2008.115.12

Culture
Period

Precontact

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Joann Phillips (née Joann Kocher, 1928–2018) and Gifford Phillips (1918–2013), Santa Fe, N.M., about 1970; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 126
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Additional information

Object/Work type

jars

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