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AIC: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @aicamericas.bsky.social · 1h

Chief Blanket (Third Phase) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/210028/

Bequest of Alan R. Brodie

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Fragment https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85242/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Drinking Vessel (Kero) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91735/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Bowl Depicting a Figure Wearing a Headdress Containing Fish and Small Beings https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91078/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Figure of a Jaguar Attacking a Man https://www.artic.edu/artworks/107020/

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. Daniel Michel

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Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spiral Designs https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9040/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

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Set of Wrought-Iron Fireplace Tools https://www.artic.edu/artworks/47680/

Gift of Mrs. D. F. Brown

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Pair of Tripods with Knotted Motif https://www.artic.edu/artworks/210032/

Bequest of Alan R. Brodie

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Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Intricate Abstract Mask https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91424/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Jar in the Form of an Anthropomorphic Seal Playing a Drum https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6296/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

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Beaker Depicting Highly Abstracted Face or Mask https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91291/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Polychrome Bowl https://www.artic.edu/artworks/207253/

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, an artistic renewal occurred throughout the Southwest as centuries-old styles and techniques were recast in response to increasing public interest in Native American art and culture. Potters from several pueblos, or towns, developed innovative vessel shapes and designs by adapting and adding to the achievements of their ancestors. The styles and symbolic forms expressed each com-munity’s particular historical identity and sense of place. The interior of this bowl is filled with a large, X-shaped symbol with arms emerging from a crosshatched diamond—a reference to the four sacred directions of the Zuñi world. The red, hooked motifs between the arms represent pahos, prayer sticks with attached feathers that were placed at sacred locations to petition for rain. On the exterior, zigzag lines flanked by red and black triangles signify lightning and rainfall. Many features of this vessel are characteristic of ceramics made by We’wah, one of the most renowned Zuñi artists, who held a special status within his community as one of their lhamanas. These highly respected individuals typically were born male but followed traditional female gender roles, including pottery making and weaving, and served as mediators with special ceremonial and spiritual responsibilities.

Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton

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Vessel (Aryballos) with Relief Depicting Birds and Fish https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9107/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

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Jar in the Form of a Seated Warrior Holding a Sling and Club https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4692/

S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

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Polychrome Bowl https://www.artic.edu/artworks/207269/

Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton

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Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of a Bean Warrior https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91603/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Flute https://www.artic.edu/artworks/126364/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Doubnle Spout Vessel Depicing Ornametal Faces with Numerous Emanations https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91425/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Cereal bowl (from Imperial Hotel table setting) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/226602/

Gift of the Noritake Company, Inc.

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Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Runners https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8850/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

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Ear Ornaments with Ibis https://www.artic.edu/artworks/191959/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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Figurine Depicting a Female Carrying a Child https://www.artic.edu/artworks/24640/

Gift of Walter Randel

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Fragment (Tunic) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/12829/

Bessie Bennett Endowment

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Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads https://www.artic.edu/artworks/148340/

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

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Fragment of a Hacha https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120423/

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith