2014-15 Large Polik’Mana canteen, Nampeyo design

Canteens, Kachina Design, Polik'Mana

10.0625” front to back (though the “flat” back is not actually flat, so this distance varies). 12.125” from spout to bottom, including the 1.5” spout. 11.3125” wide. This is a huge canteen, only somewhat smaller than the large utility canteen that is also part of this...

2014-12 Canteen in the form of the face of a Hummingbird Katchina

Canteens, Folk Art Bird Design, Kachina Design

The height includes 0.75” height of the stopper in the canteen. The width includes two 1.25” handles, The depth (front to back) measurement includes the 1” nose. Both prehistoric and historic canteens with hooked noses are known. See the cover of Dittert and Plog...

2013-09 Small Incised Canteen

Canteens

This small canteen is Nathan Begaye sui generis, being his unique self. I am not aware of any other Pueblo ceramicist who uses decorating techniques even remotely similar to those used here, though Ed Wade links Begaye’s incising to prehistoric pottery of the eastern...

2013-06 Rain Dancer Canteen

Canteens, Kachina Design

Utilitarian canteens to haul water up the mesa to a home or carry a day’s supply of water into a field were common utilitarian items until the early part of the 20th Century. (See utilitarian ware in the Index of Categories.) The shape of these canteens was generally...

2013-02 Small Polacca Tourist Canteen with Lugs and Polychromatic Design

1880s to 1900 Transition Ware, Canteens

First People potters of the Southwest have long produced canteens necessary to carry drinking water to the cornfields. These utility canteens carry from several cups to a quart or more of water. (See “utility ware” in the Index of Categories for the variety of such...

2012-13 Canteen with a Variation of the Eagle-Tail Design and Lugs

Canteens

This canteen has a finely formed spout that is sloped slightly to the front—a characteristic of Nampeyo canteens (Struever 2001:108). The spout is quite thin, and although I cannot feel the walls of the canteen body directly, the lightness of the pot suggests that it...