Object ID: 1998.01.46

archaeological
Effigy Jar

NA

Catalog Record

Culture/Ethnicity: Casas Grandes

Object Name: Jar

Other Name: Effigy Jar

Artist/Creator: NA

Locale: NA

Use: Domestic Use

Construction: Coiled

Height: 8.3

Length: 12.5

Width: 10.5

Location: Kent Hall, East Gallery, Unit_9, Shelf_2

Description: Red ware ceramic effigy jar in the shape of a fish. Has black accents and an everted rim. There are two holes on either side of the neck, and one hole from each set doesn’t go all the way through. The bottom of the fish is brown rather than red. The vessel is polished on the exterior body and the interior rim.

Source: Horace and Patricia Poeter