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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.
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Document identity
localId
104748
label
Canteen
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
104748
contentType
object
title
Canteen
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.
date
1870
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781256
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Native North America, Southwest, Arizona, Pueblo, Hopi
accession
1923.1078
Source extras
tec
ceramic, slip
tombstone
Canteen, 1870. Native North America, Southwest, Arizona, Pueblo, Hopi. Ceramic, slip; overall: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Smithsonian Institution, 1923.1078
collection
AA - Native North America
formerAccessionNumbers
1640.23
creditline
Gift of the Smithsonian Institution
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2026-05-29 05:39:09.698000
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104748
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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ceramic, slip
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1
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0
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photo
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