Olla (water jar)
Arroh-a-och
(Zuni or Laguna, about 1830 – 1890)
1870–1880
Object PlaceZuni or Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with black and red decoration
DimensionsHeight x width: 29.2 x 36.8 cm (11 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Bertram J. Malenka
Accession number2019.684
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceJune 1898, purchased in New Mexico or Arizona by Anne Bixby Chamberlin (b. 1874 – d. 1967), Concord, MA [see note 1]; by descent to her daughter, Mary Hathaway Chamberlin (b. 1900 – d. 1986), Concord; July 30, 1969, sold by Mary H. Chamberlin at Huhley and Co. Auction, Cambridge, MA, to Bertram J. Malenka (b. 1923 – d. 2018) and Ruth S. Malenka (b. 1926 – d. 2015), Belmont, MA; 2019, gift of the estate of Bertram J. Malenka to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)
Notes: [1] A handwritten note kept with the vessel reads: “Indian Jar / bought in June 1898 / at an unimportant / stop of the train / on the Santa Fe Railway / in New Mexico or / Arizona on my trip / home for my summer / vacation / from Wellesley College.”
Notes: [1] A handwritten note kept with the vessel reads: “Indian Jar / bought in June 1898 / at an unimportant / stop of the train / on the Santa Fe Railway / in New Mexico or / Arizona on my trip / home for my summer / vacation / from Wellesley College.”
AD 650–800
A.D. 650–780
A.D. 600–750
A.D. 600–750
about 1760–75
1860s–70s
from 1880–92
