Accession No
1924.56
Description
Polychrome jar, consisting of upright rim with internally bevelled lip on very short neck and ovoid body with rounded base. Decorated with red ad black geometric pattern of pairs of bent back keys inside triangular shapes and lines, over buff slip. Surfaces well smoothed, material buff in colour.
Place
Americas; North America; Mexico; Chihuahua State; Paquimé [Casas Grandes]
Period
?Late Medio ?Tardio
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [collector and donor]; Museum of the American Indian [collector]; Ledwidge, Edward H. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.56; 4/6291 [National Museum of the American Indian no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
195mm
Events
Context (Other owners)
Received by donor in an exchange with the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation [now National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute], on 8 May 1922. Formerly in the collection of Edward H. Ledwidge of El Paso, Texas. See archive (FR5/1/9) for copy of the list.
Event Date 8/5/1922
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large jar of buff ware with designs--geometric--of red and black painted on.
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Formerly on display in Maudslay Gallery, possibly Case 39, until 1985
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Polychrome jar, consisting of upright rim with internally bevelled lip on very short neck and ovoid body with rounded base. Decorated with red ad black geometric pattern of pairs of bent back keys inside triangular shapes and lines, over buff slip. Surfaces well smoothed, material buff in colour.
Event Date 27/2/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:143515
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