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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). <em>Water Jar</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)
A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Water Jar, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)
A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). <em>Water Jar</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)

A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Water Jar, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)

A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). <em>Water Jar</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view2.jpg)

A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Water Jar, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view2.jpg)

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Water Jar

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
MEDIUM Ceramic, slip
  • Place Made: Zuni, New Mexico, United States
    • DATES late 19th–early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER X1010
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Squat, globular water jar with high shoulder, restricted at the neck which is concave in profile. Decorated in deep brown and dark red-orange on white, in solid and hatched step-like interlocking key pattern.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Water Jar, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). <em>Water Jar</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ceramic, slip, 9 1/2 x 13 x 13in. (24.1 x 33 x 33cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1010. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1010_view1.jpg)

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