2025-05 Jar with window-pane and long-leaf design
This jar is distinctive in contrary ways: 1) The shape is awkward; 2) It was slipped with white kaolin clay and has a red rim, reflecting an earlier Polacca ware tradition; 3) Its Sikyatki-Revival painting is not placed symmetrically and is longer than the...
2024-07 A crack(ed) pot playing tricks
This jar must be carefully examined before it is understood. Obviously it was broken into two pieces and is damaged. Surprisingly the form remains elegant and the design is almost unaffected by this damage. Linear elements create patterns of...
2024-02 Bi-lobed early 20th century canteen
One lobe has a maximum diameter of 2.6875-inches. The second lobe has a maximum diameter of 3.0-inches, 12% larger. There is a 0.875-inch gap between the two lobes. The bimodal shape of this canteen is unique and intriguing. However, the jar cannot stand upright on...
