Seed Jar

Ancestral Pueblo, Arizona, Native American

650 - 1050

  • Titles Seed Jar (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay, slip
  • Dimensions Overall: 6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Traditional Arts Acquisition Fund, 1990.106
  • Work Type seed jar
  • Classification Containers

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Crown of feathers, ermine pieces, and two eagle claws.
The joints are all fastened with wood pegs. No top. Practically the same design on both sides. (See diagram on accession card.)
Basket, Apache people, Pima people, Native American, grass fibers and vegetal dye
Vertical monoprint with red ground has phrase U.S. DO NOT FORGET WASHITA INDIAN DEATHS in white letters.