Jar with feathered serpent design
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Casas Grandes Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Edward H. Ledwidge, Non-Indian, 1870-1934
- Seller
- Edward H. Ledwidge, Non-Indian, 1870-1934
- Object Name
- Jar with feathered serpent design
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, painted
- Dimensions
- 28 x 30 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Paquimé region; Paquimé (Casas Grandes); Casas Grandes Municipality; Chihuahua State; Mexico
- Date created
- AD 1150-1450
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Ledwidge (1870-1934, an El Paso, Texas, tax collector and prominent collector and dealer of Casas Grandes pottery); lent to MAI by Edward Ledwidge in 1923; purchased by MAI from Edward Ledwidge in 1925.
- Catalog Number
- 11/9739
- Barcode
- 119739.000
- See related items
- Casas Grandes Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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