The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 10, 2024

Canteen

Canteen

1870
ceramic, slip
Overall: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Gift of the Smithsonian Institution 1923.1078
Location: 231 Native North American

Description

Since the 1500s, Hopi women made big-bellied canteens, based on Spanish prototypes, and used them to carry water. By the late 1800s, canteens became popular with Euro-American tourists, who increasingly flocked to the Southwest in search of encounters with “exotic” Native American cultures. Thus, Hopi artists embellished their wares to improve their appeal, here with graceful abstract forms.
  • CMA 1979: Southwest American Indian Art, September 1979-February 1980, no catalogue
  • {{cite web|title=Canteen|url=false|author=|year=1870|access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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