Olla (Water Jar)
Unidentified maker (Mexico)
about 1200-1600
Terracotta with polychrome slip
Overall: 6 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (16.5 × 19.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
55.46.13499
Geography
Place Made: Casas Grandes, Mexico, North America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, Winter 2013
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957); given to present collection, 1955.
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