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olla
Object Type
olla
Museum number
Am1888,0517.1
Description
Vessel, olla made of pottery.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Acoma
(?)
Made by:
Puebloan
(?)
Made by:
Keresan
(?)
Made by:
Southwest Peoples
(?)
Production date
1888
(before)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Menddoff
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
New Mexico (state)
Materials
pottery
Curator's comments
see JCH King `First Peoples, First Peoples' British Museum Press 1999
Bibliographic references
King 1999 / First Peoples, First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America
(p.270)
Location
On display
(G26/dc20)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1996-97, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 3), 'Rain: Native American Peoples of the Desert Southwest' 1999 25 Jun-Present, BM Room 26; Gallery of North America, Case: "Pueblo Pottery"
Acquisition name
Donated by:
John I Covington
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1888,0517.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 24 Jul 1996