Navajo Water Jar with Pinyon Pitch Seal
Historical artifact -- Navajo Watter Jars (4);Anthropological Artifact;Basket;Water pitcher
Identifier:
1986.62.4Description
Navajo water jar. Brown woven reed jar sealed with pinyon pitch. The pitch has a lustre-semi gloss finish and fingerprints are perceptible around the neck of the bottle. The weave is visible on the inside of the jug. The two handles are made of small horse hair braids, woven through the pinyon pitch in four stitches on either side at about a 45 degree angle from each other. The jug is a dark red/brown color on the outside and is shaped with a rounded bottom, approaching its largest tiameter just below the horse hair straps, shrinking again to form a pitcher shape. The mouth is slightly flared out. Basil T. Knight was with the school district from 1923 till 1962 and again from 1967-1983, where he worked with migrant school children brought by the beet and tomato farms.
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