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Jar covered with brown beadwork with yellow diamond design
Object Number 995-29-10/73438
Display Title Jar covered with brown beadwork with yellow diamond design
Descriptions
Object Description Brown glass jar completely covered in peyote stitch beadwork with uniform opaque glass seed beads. The ground color is rust brown and against this background and around the circumference of the jar are 5 sets of 3 stacked yellow diamonds. All are outlined in one row of black beads, then one row of yellow. The mouth of the jar is beaded with a narrow yellow border at the top covering the glass and a row each of black, then white, just below. The bottom surface of the jar is also beaded, with a 1 cm yellow ring surrounding a black circular center 6 cm in diameter. A fabric liner insert is visible between the glass and the beading on the bottom of the jar. Total height of the jar is 12.5 cm. The mouth opening is 7 cm in diameter. About 5 cm below the rim the jar widens [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Jar, brown glass, exterior covered with polychrome glass bead decoration
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1964
Artist Lydia Harvey (01/01/1964)
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Gila County / Peridot
Materials Glass, Thread, Glass, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 11.4 x 12.3 x 12.6 cm (4 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73438
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (10/23/1995)

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