Jar

Culture: Hopi artist
Date: early 20th century
Material: Clay and paint
made in: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 6 1/4 in. × 13 in. (15.9 × 33 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 98:1942

- 1929
J.F. Collins, Santa Fe, NM

1929 - 1942
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, acquired from J.F. Collins, Santa Fe, by exchange [1]

1942/08/06-
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Denver Art Museum [2]

Notes:
[1] Denver Art Museum catalog card dated January 18, 1929, notes that museum acquired the jar through "Exchange for Blankets" with J. F. Collins, Santa Fe [copy in SLAM document files]. The J. F. Collins Co. was a store specializing in Native American art and other wares.

[2] Invoice dated August 12, 1942 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the August 6, 1942 meeting of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum of St. Louis.

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