English: Pitcher with Black on White Geometric Designs

Arts of the Americas On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E. Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) Pottery: A Spectrum of Black and White

Puebloan people excelled at creating an immense variety of pottery using only black and white. This color scheme was partly dictated by the nature of the clay and the mineral or plant paints available. Archaeologists surmise that cross-hatched designs like the one on this bowl may have represented the color turquoise—reflecting the precious stone and the color of water, a sacred commodity in the dry Southwest region.

CULTURE Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi), Native American

MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment Place Made: Mancos Canyon, Colorado, United States DATES 900-1300 DIMENSIONS 7 x 5 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm) (show scale) COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E. EXHIBITIONS

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ACCESSION NUMBER 01.1538.1756 CREDIT LINE Gift of Charles A. Schieren RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY CAPTION Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) (Native American). Pitcher with Black on White Geometric Designs, 900-1300. Ceramic, pigment, 7 x 5 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles A. Schieren, 01.1538.1756. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 01.1538.1756.jpg) IMAGE overall, 01.1538.1756.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Abstract lightening and maze forms.