Seed jar with Shalako design

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Date created: 1987

Culture/People: Hopi-Tewa
Artist/Maker: Eugene Hamilton, Hopi-Tewa, b. 1934
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1987; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Polacca, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items: Hopi-Tewa; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5833
Barcode: 255833.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Seed jar with Shalako design
Media/Materials: Pottery, paint
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, incised, painted
Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.7 x 5.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64e33f641-1175-435a-ac50-99c986fee809

Record ID: NMAI_271699