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Zuni k'yabokya de'ele (water jar)

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c. 1875

Unknown maker
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Zuni
Clay and paint
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10⅞ x 15¼ in. (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Vilcek Foundation Collection
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VF2017.05.01

This three-color Zuni polychrome olla (water jar) features white slip with black and red painted decoration. This vessel includes three classic motifs from the village, all present on the neck and body of the jar. Above the double framing lines on the shoulder are hachured strips with vertical and slanting rain lines. The layout of the body consists of two black and red eight-petal rosettes opposite each other. In between the flowers are deer in the feather house design with a horizontal band of water birds.

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