Socorro black-on-white storage jar ca. 1050–1100 Ancestral Pueblo, Native American The abstract pictorial painting on this water vessel was developed by ancestral Puebloan potters in the Southwest in the late first millennium. The bold color scheme consists of a black iron-rich slip made from diluted organic materials and minerals on white clay. The imagery likely references water’s circulation beneath the earth and its precipitation from the sky, reflecting the society’s primary concerns around water management and their observation of the Socorro black-on-white storage jar. Ancestr
Socorro black-on-white storage jar ca. 1050–1100 Ancestral Pueblo, Native American The abstract pictorial painting on this water vessel was developed by ancestral Puebloan potters in the Southwest in the late first millennium. The bold color scheme consists of a black iron-rich slip made from diluted organic materials and minerals on white clay. The imagery likely references water’s circulation beneath the earth and its precipitation from the sky, reflecting the society’s primary concerns around water management and their observation of the Socorro black-on-white storage jar. Ancestral Pueblo, Native American. ca. 1050–1100. Clay and pigment. Made in New Mexico, United States
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