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Actions Displays	Cooking Pot Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object number04487.137 TitleCooking Pot CreatorShowlow (makers)‎ DescriptionThis earthenware cooking pot is a wonderful example of Puebloan pottery made during the 14th century. The style is known as White Mountain redware after the area of Arizona where it was commonly made. This is a fine piece, with a band of striking geometric, stepped pattern in traditional red and black on the body of the pot, and a series of simple crosses decorating the white-painted neck and shoulders. The Pueblos are Native American people, living in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico who share similar cultures and traditions. They have been working with clay for around 2,000 years. Pottery vessels were an everyday essential, used for cooking, storing food and carrying water. They were also used ceremonially and for trading. The opening up of the country in the 19th century with the expansion of the railroads and the development of tourism offered new opportunities and new markets to the Puebloan potters. The Pueblo create their pots using traditional methods handed down through the generations. From basic ingredients – local clay, dug from the earth by hand, and water – they produce objects of exceptional beauty. Their methods today are largely unchanged from those used a thousand years ago. Puebloan pottery is made using a coiling and scraping method. The clay is prepared and then rolled in long ‘sausages’ which are firstly spiralled to make a base, and then coiled upward to make the walls. The walls are scraped and smoothed using sticks or gourds. Left to dry in the air, the pots are decorated using water mixed with clay and either vegetable or mineral dyes. The Puebloans traditionally used brushes made from yucca leaves or tiny twigs. Once completed, the pots are fired in an earthen pit, often using animal dung for fuel. Production placeUnited States, Arizona, Production date 1375 - 1425 Production period14th century Object nameCooking pot Domestic MaterialEarthenware Dimensions rim Diameter: 125 mm whole Height: 110 mm

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Object number04487.137

TitleCooking Pot

CreatorShowlow (makers)‎

DescriptionThis earthenware cooking pot is a wonderful example of Puebloan pottery made during the 14th century. The style is known as White Mountain redware after the area of Arizona where it was commonly made. This is a fine piece, with a band of striking geometric, stepped pattern in traditional red and black on the body of the pot, and a series of simple crosses decorating the white-painted neck and shoulders. The Pueblos are Native American people, living in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico who share similar cultures and traditions. They have been working with clay for around 2,000 years. Pottery vessels were an everyday essential, used for cooking, storing food and carrying water. They were also used ceremonially and for trading. The opening up of the country in the 19th century with the expansion of the railroads and the development of tourism offered new opportunities and new markets to the Puebloan potters. The Pueblo create their pots using traditional methods handed down through the generations. From basic ingredients – local clay, dug from the earth by hand, and water – they produce objects of exceptional beauty. Their methods today are largely unchanged from those used a thousand years ago. Puebloan pottery is made using a coiling and scraping method. The clay is prepared and then rolled in long ‘sausages’ which are firstly spiralled to make a base, and then coiled upward to make the walls. The walls are scraped and smoothed using sticks or gourds. Left to dry in the air, the pots are decorated using water mixed with clay and either vegetable or mineral dyes. The Puebloans traditionally used brushes made from yucca leaves or tiny twigs. Once completed, the pots are fired in an earthen pit, often using animal dung for fuel.

Production placeUnited States, Arizona,

Production date 1375 - 1425

Production period14th century

Object nameCooking pot

Domestic

MaterialEarthenware

Dimensions

rim Diameter: 125 mm
whole Height: 110 mm