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Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Canteen with Corncob Stopper by Eva Histia - 24718
This is a most unusual and most spectacular canteen, built, I believe, for actual use by its owner while working in the fields. It is very difficult to date this piece of pottery because I have never seen a documented one of the same vessel shape. Seen from profile, this one has an egg-like shape. I would estimate it to be from the early 20th century.
The traditional Acoma features are all present: coarse, white paste of a distinctly chunky texture, pottery shards for temper, orange-red underbody paint and rag-wiped white slip. The decoration is a full version of a bird. Notice the head on the upper right, the legs at lower right, and tail feathers at lower left, all executed in black-on-white. The body is the medallion-like element at the apex of the canteen.
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