Jar
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Artist/Maker
- Kyusita (Cayusetsa/Mrs. Milam/Mrs. Malani), A:shiwi (Zuni), ca. 1896-1977
- Expedition sponsor
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Previous owner
- Kyusita (Cayusetsa/Mrs. Milam/Mrs. Malani), A:shiwi (Zuni), ca. 1896-1977
- Collector
- Frederick Webb Hodge (F.W. Hodge), Non-Indian, 1864-1956
- Expedition
- Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition (1917-1923)
- Object Name
- Jar
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
- Date created
- 1918
- Collection History
- Collected from Zuni potter Kyusita (Cayusetsa, ca. 1896-1977) by anthropologist Frederick Webb Hodge (1864-1956, MAI staff member) as part of a 1918 pottery-making demonstration; MAI staff member George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) also photographed Kyusita during the demonstration, which took place during the Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition, which was led by Hodge and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 8/5629
- Barcode
- 085629.000
- See related items
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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