jar with three frogs, unrecorded A:shiwi artist

Artwork Overview

jar with three frogs, 1900–1940
Where object was made: New Mexico, United States
Material/technique: ceramic; paint
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 19 x 31.5 x 30 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 11 13/16 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 2007.6792
Not on display

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The Zuñi are a Native American tribe in western New Mexico. Zuñi women make this type of pottery to store food and water. Zuñi pottery is decorated primarily with black and red paints and includes animal images and geometric patterns. Frogs on the sides of this pot symbolize rain.

Exhibitions

Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2013–2015
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2016–2021