1990.209.FA Snowflake black-on-white rim-lobe jar (Arizona or New Mexico, Ancestral Pueblo)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
  • Ancestral Pueblo, 1200–1275 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 07/27/16, and 07/28/16.
  • Noted in TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Other (see remarks) -- Provenance Note: Elizabeth M. and Duncan E. Boeckman are the anonymous donors. The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 21, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential).

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Artist/designers

Cultures
Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan): AAT: 300016954
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi): AAT: 300016954
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920

Geography 
Arizona (state/United States): TGN: 7006451
Southwest (general region): TGN: 4010660

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
containers (receptacles): AAT: 300197197
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
portable: AAT: 300256252
black (color): AAT: 300130920
white (color): AAT: 300129784
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
fretwork: AAT: 300165040
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
snow (precipitation): AAT: 300055381
snowflakes (motifs): AAT: 300009934
burning (physicochemical processes): AAT: 300228062
Cibola White Ware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Cibola (inhabited place): TGN: 2006662
Snowflake Black-on-White (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Snowflake Canyon (valley / New Mexico): TGN: 2674158
Snowflake (inhabited place / Arizona): TGN: 2007353
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126

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PROVENANCE 
From 1990: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 21, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift (dated December 23, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

[4] See Collections Records Digital Object File.

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Notes
  • Ancestral Pueblo, 1200–1275 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 07/27/16, and 07/28/16.
  • Noted in TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Other (see remarks) -- Provenance Note: Elizabeth M. and Duncan E. Boeckman are the anonymous donors. The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 21, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential).

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan): AAT: 300016954
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi): AAT: 300016954
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920

Geography 
Arizona (state/United States): TGN: 7006451
Southwest (general region): TGN: 4010660

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
containers (receptacles): AAT: 300197197
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
portable: AAT: 300256252
black (color): AAT: 300130920
white (color): AAT: 300129784
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
fretwork: AAT: 300165040
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
snow (precipitation): AAT: 300055381
snowflakes (motifs): AAT: 300009934
burning (physicochemical processes): AAT: 300228062
Cibola White Ware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Cibola (inhabited place): TGN: 2006662
Snowflake Black-on-White (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Snowflake Canyon (valley / New Mexico): TGN: 2674158
Snowflake (inhabited place / Arizona): TGN: 2007353
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
From 1990: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 21, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift (dated December 23, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

[4] See Collections Records Digital Object File.

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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
Southwest (general region/United States): TGN: 4010660
white (color): AAT: 300129784
containers (receptacles): AAT: 300197197
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
black (color): AAT: 300130920
Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920
fretwork: AAT: 300165040
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
burning (physicochemical processes): AAT: 300228062
Arizona (state/United States): TGN: 7006451
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
portable: AAT: 300256252
Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan): AAT: 300016954
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi): AAT: 300016954
Cibola White Ware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Cibola (inhabited place): TGN: 2006662
snow (precipitation): AAT: 300055381
snowflakes (motifs): AAT: 300009934
Snowflake Black-on-White (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Snowflake (inhabited place / Arizona): TGN: 2007353
Snowflake Canyon (valley / New Mexico): TGN: 2674158
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