English: Pitcher with Black on White Geometric Designs
Arts of the Americas
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E.
Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) Pottery: A Spectrum of Black and White
Puebloan people excelled at creating an immense variety of pottery using only black and white. This color scheme was partly dictated by the nature of the clay and the mineral or plant paints available. Archaeologists surmise that cross-hatched designs like the one on this bowl may have represented the color turquoise—reflecting the precious stone and the color of water, a sacred commodity in the dry Southwest region.
CULTURE Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi), Native American
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
Place Made: Mancos Canyon, Colorado, United States
DATES 900-1300
DIMENSIONS 7 x 5 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E.
EXHIBITIONS
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American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 01.1538.1756
CREDIT LINE Gift of Charles A. Schieren
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
CAPTION Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) (Native American). Pitcher with Black on White Geometric Designs, 900-1300. Ceramic, pigment, 7 x 5 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles A. Schieren, 01.1538.1756. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 01.1538.1756.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 01.1538.1756.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Abstract lightening and maze forms.