Olla (Water Jar)
Acoma Pueblo (Aco-Mah)
Southwest
collected 1940s
Terracotta
Overall: 5 7/8 × 8 in. (15 × 20.3 cm)
Overall: 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert W. Christy in memory of Walter C. and Ruth S. Christy
998.27.30368
Geography
Place Made: Acoma Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in dark brown, bottom: Acoma / N.M.; inscribed, in graphite, on bottom: 5/25
Provenance
Purchased by Walter C. and Ruth S. Christy (donor's parents) in New Mexico in the 1940's; Robert Wentworth Christy (1922-2020), Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1998.
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