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Late Nineteenth Century Zuni Pueblo Small Jar circa 1880 - C3645B
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Jul 15th 2016, 1:41pm
This child-size Zuni polychrome jar is filled with a variety of design elements. The neck design is comprised of L-shaped elements in different positions but all filled with dots-some red and some black. A pair of thin black framing lines at the neck and a pair of wide framing lines at the shoulder define the neck area of decoration.
The body decoration is a mixture of many elements. The upper row has a series of boxes encircling the vessel body. The boxes are outlined in double black lines and contain arrow-shape elements with an appendage of a pair of circles each containing a black dot, and on the upper corner of the box is an L-shaped element painted red and containing black dots.