Navajo Horse Hair Jar

Namejar

Date2000

Mediumclay, animal hair, rock

Dimensions3 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (8.5 × 12.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Don and Rita Morgan

CultureNavajo

InscribedName illegible and written with a black permanent marker, and "Navajo."

Object numberA2019-2-24

ClassificationsMay Collection

DescriptionHand coiled and scraped; squashed globular shaped body; circular base, wall rounded to mid-shoulder, gently constricting to open mouth and flat rim; restricted vessel; slipped; burnished; strands of horse hair applied before firing; very light creamy tan ground, dark brown horse hair, dark blue green turquoise cabochon with black matrix inlaid after firing; random design from applied horse hair; incised stylized eagle with beak open and cabochon in its mouth stretched across the hair strands; geometric band above and below eagle, and arrow and two angular scroll elements emitting from its beak.

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