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Object Number 44-17-10/27238
Display Title Polychrome pottery large canteen. Design: series of scrolls extending from cent
Descriptions
Object Description Polychrome pottery large canteen. Design: series of scrolls extending from central motif with a star in red, black, and white. 26.5x31x31 cm.
Inventory Description Bottle, elongated body, white, black, scroll designs, red star, constricted neck
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1850
Culture
  • Acoma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms New Mexico, Western
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 27.8 × 32.6 × 28 cm (10 15/16 × 12 13/16 × 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Victor Mindeleff (?)
Collector Cosmos Mindeleff (?)
Exchange participant Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution (before 1944)

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