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Object Number
995-29-10/73638
Display Title
Black-on-red jar (A) with lid (B): stylized parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Red jar with knobbed lid and two stylized full bodied parrots separated by two black stylized vertical bands. Dimensions: (A): 15.8 cm high to rim x 18.8 cm max. dia. (B): 4.6 cm high x 11.0 cm max. dia.
*Signed with a flower (Sadie Adams?)
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar and lid, flat base, rounded body, knob handle on lid, black geometric bird design on red burnished exterior
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Sadie Adams
Culture
- First Mesa Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Height measurement with lid): 21 x 17.9 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73638A; [painted flower]; 995-29-10/73638B
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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