id: 117338 accession number: 1937.898 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.898 updated: 2022-06-08 09:00:24.449000 Water Jar (Olla), 1850-1860 . Southwest, Pueblo, Zuni, Post- Contact Period, 19th century. Ceramic; overall: 25.5 x 33 cm (10 1/16 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White 1937.898 title: Water Jar (Olla) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1850-1860 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1860 current location: creditline: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White copyright: --- culture: Southwest, Pueblo, Zuni, Post- Contact Period, 19th century technique: ceramic department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Native North America type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 25.5 x 33 cm (10 1/16 x 13 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection opening date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00 Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 7-May 30, 2010). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 2010: "Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection" March 7 - May 30, 2010 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Zuni carried water in jars like this one balanced atop the head. The water well was a gathering place and the vessels’ public visibility explains their elaborate decoration-here, a beautifully rendered rain bird whose beak spirals between two stylized wings. The wings’ stepped shape and hachure represent rain-filled clouds. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 343 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 28 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.898/1937.898_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.898/1937.898_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.898/1937.898_full.tif