GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Around 1300, Ancestral Pueblo ceramicists in northern Arizona began using a highly select clay source and new coal-firing technique to create fine yellow wares. The clay was fired at high temperatures in an oxidizing environment to produce a creamy yellow base color and dense ceramic wall that would nearly ring when tapped. Artisans decorated these yellow wares with geometric and abstract designs executed with contrasting iron-based (iron and manganese oxide) pigments, as visible here. Such fine ceramic vessels were traded across modern-day Arizona.
Jeddito Yellow Ware vessels generally present a select repertoire of geometric and figural motifs, including birds and flowers. Parrots and macaws were actively traded from Mesoamerica into the US Southwest from at least 900 CE. Similar to eagles, these birds were desired for their colorful feathers, which were used in ritual.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit, Gallery text [Yellow Ware Ceramic Vessels], 2018.
NOTES
- Ancestral Pueblo, 1325–1400 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 07/27/16, 07/28/16, and 09/14/17.
- 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 05, 1991, 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
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
portable: AAT: 300256252
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
black (color): AAT: 300130920
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
abstract: AAT: 300108127
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
bands (decorative): DMA
Jeddito Yellowware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Jeddito Black-on-Yellow (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Jeddito Spring (spring): TGN: 2420035
oxides (compounds): AAT: 300400890
pigment: AAT: 300013109
trade (function): AAT: 300061886
trade routes: AAT: 300265366
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
flowers (plants): AAT: 300132399
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
macaws (birds/animals): AAT: 300310660
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
feather (material): AAT: 300011809
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
Central America (Mesoamerica): TGN: 7016739
Hopi: AAT: 300017763
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PROVENANCE
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 05, 1991, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] 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.
[3] See Collections Records Digital Object File.
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General Description
Around 1300, Ancestral Pueblo ceramicists in northern Arizona began using a highly select clay source and new coal-firing technique to create fine yellow wares. The clay was fired at high temperatures in an oxidizing environment to produce a creamy yellow base color and dense ceramic wall that would nearly ring when tapped. Artisans decorated these yellow wares with geometric and abstract designs executed with contrasting iron-based (iron and manganese oxide) pigments, as visible here. Such fine ceramic vessels were traded across modern-day Arizona.
Jeddito Yellow Ware vessels generally present a select repertoire of geometric and figural motifs, including birds and flowers. Parrots and macaws were actively traded from Mesoamerica into the US Southwest from at least 900 CE. Similar to eagles, these birds were desired for their colorful feathers, which were used in ritual.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit, Gallery text [Yellow Ware Ceramic Vessels], 2018.
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Notes
- Ancestral Pueblo, 1325–1400 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 07/27/16, 07/28/16, and 09/14/17.
- 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 05, 1991, 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
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
portable: AAT: 300256252
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
black (color): AAT: 300130920
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
abstract: AAT: 300108127
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
bands (decorative): DMA
Jeddito Yellowware (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Jeddito Black-on-Yellow (ceramic type / Southwestern North American style): DMA
Jeddito Spring (spring): TGN: 2420035
oxides (compounds): AAT: 300400890
pigment: AAT: 300013109
trade (function): AAT: 300061886
trade routes: AAT: 300265366
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
flowers (plants): AAT: 300132399
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
macaws (birds/animals): AAT: 300310660
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
feather (material): AAT: 300011809
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
Central America (Mesoamerica): TGN: 7016739
Hopi: AAT: 300017763
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 05, 1991, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] 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.
[3] See Collections Records Digital Object File.
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