Brown clay, white and red slip, and black paint

Tonto polychrome style. Anasazi patterns used in Salado ceramics include small squares and stepped designs. The heavy broken line around the rim of the jar is called the "life line" and is found throughout the Pre-Columbian and historic Southwest. The broken life line may be related to religious injunctions prohibiting man from attempting to create perfection, or it may only be a decorative convention.

Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 64 (illustrated/bw) fig. 189.

There is residue (and paint loss) on the underside of the jar where something adhesive has been removed. It is likely that this was a piece of white cloth tape that so many other related pieces have.

This object has the following keywords:

• Life Line pattern

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Ways of Seeing/Exhibiting American Indian Art: The Pomona College Collection Montgomery Gallery , 1/19/1994 - 3/20/1994

• Overall Dimensions: 4 11/16 x 7 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (11.91 x 18.1 x 18.26 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Native American Art from the Permanent Collection. Native American Art from the Permanent Collection Galleries of the Claremont Colleges. Claremont, CA, 1979
  Page Number: 64, Figure Number: 189

This object is a member of the following portfolios: