GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A Mogollon trading center flourished from about 1150 to 1350 CE in the Casas Grandes Valley. Turquoise, exotic birds, and decorative pottery figured in the extensive trade network of the center. Casas Grandes potters preferred the form of the round‑bottomed jar, its surface highly polished and decorated in black, red, and cream paint. Bold curvilinear spirals, stepped triangles, checkerboard patterns, and rows of dotted squares surround the repeated double-headed serpents and parrot or macaw heads that decorate the surface of this jar, all characteristic motifs in the pottery of Casas Grandes. The feathered serpent is a common theme throughout the Americas, while the striking image of the running bird-man may represent a local mythology.
Adapted from
- Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Lidded Jar (1990.96.a-b.FA)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 55.
- Carol Robbins, "Lidded Jar (1990.96.a-b.FA)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Suzanne Kotz (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1997), 197.
- Anne R. Bromberg, Dallas Museum of Art: Selected Works (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1983), 20.
NOTES
Mogollon -- Casas Grandes, 1060–1340 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 04/10/17 and 10/19/17.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Casas Grandes: AAT: 300016921
Mogollon: AAT: 300016929
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920
Western North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016888
Geography
Southwest (general region): TGN: 4010660
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Casas Grandes (ancient site): TGN: 7354216
Casas Grandes (inhabited place): TGN: 7033083
Casas Grandes River (river): TGN: 7007912
Sierra Madre (mountains): TGN: 7380613
Paquimé (deserted settlement): TGN: 7032428
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Ramos Polychrome (Casas Grandes / Southwestern North American pottery styles): DMA
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
round‑bottomed jar (vessels / containers): DMA
black (color): AAT: 300130920
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
white (color): AAT: 300129784
cream (color): AAT: 300266242
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
abstraction: AAT: 300056508
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
checker pattern: AAT: 300010111
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
macaws (birds): AAT: 300310660
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
human figures: AAT: 300404114
running: AAT: 300239496
mythology (literary genre): AAT: 300055985
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
RELATED OBJECTS
253363177: UMO. [Caption] Blue and Yellow Macaw (ara ararauna). Source: Benjamint444, Wikimedia Commons, accessed: April 27, 2015, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-yellow_macaw#/media/File:Blue-and-Yellow-Macaw.jpg.
PROVENANCE
1973-1980: Anthony Berlant, Los Angeles [1], [2]
From 1980: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, General Acquisitions Fund, purchased from the above (through Amerind Art, Inc.) [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is DMFA Catalogue Worksheet (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated September 30, 1980, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
A Mogollon trading center flourished from about 1150 to 1350 CE in the Casas Grandes Valley. Turquoise, exotic birds, and decorative pottery figured in the extensive trade network of the center. Casas Grandes potters preferred the form of the round‑bottomed jar, its surface highly polished and decorated in black, red, and cream paint. Bold curvilinear spirals, stepped triangles, checkerboard patterns, and rows of dotted squares surround the repeated double-headed serpents and parrot or macaw heads that decorate the surface of this jar, all characteristic motifs in the pottery of Casas Grandes. The feathered serpent is a common theme throughout the Americas, while the striking image of the running bird-man may represent a local mythology.
Adapted from
- Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Lidded Jar (1990.96.a-b.FA)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 55.
- Carol Robbins, "Lidded Jar (1990.96.a-b.FA)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Suzanne Kotz (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1997), 197.
- Anne R. Bromberg, Dallas Museum of Art: Selected Works (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1983), 20.
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Notes
Mogollon -- Casas Grandes, 1060–1340 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 04/10/17 and 10/19/17.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Casas Grandes: AAT: 300016921
Mogollon: AAT: 300016929
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920
Western North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016888
Geography
Southwest (general region): TGN: 4010660
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Casas Grandes (ancient site): TGN: 7354216
Casas Grandes (inhabited place): TGN: 7033083
Casas Grandes River (river): TGN: 7007912
Sierra Madre (mountains): TGN: 7380613
Paquimé (deserted settlement): TGN: 7032428
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Ramos Polychrome (Casas Grandes / Southwestern North American pottery styles): DMA
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
round‑bottomed jar (vessels / containers): DMA
black (color): AAT: 300130920
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
white (color): AAT: 300129784
cream (color): AAT: 300266242
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
abstraction: AAT: 300056508
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
checker pattern: AAT: 300010111
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
macaws (birds): AAT: 300310660
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
human figures: AAT: 300404114
running: AAT: 300239496
mythology (literary genre): AAT: 300055985
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
RELATED OBJECTS
253363177: UMO. [Caption] Blue and Yellow Macaw (ara ararauna). Source: Benjamint444, Wikimedia Commons, accessed: April 27, 2015, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-yellow_macaw#/media/File:Blue-and-Yellow-Macaw.jpg.
PROVENANCE
1973-1980: Anthony Berlant, Los Angeles [1], [2]
From 1980: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, General Acquisitions Fund, purchased from the above (through Amerind Art, Inc.) [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is DMFA Catalogue Worksheet (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated September 30, 1980, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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