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- Fillet-Rim Jar
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fillet-Rim Jar, Rim Detail
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.