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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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