Storage Jar

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Culture Iatmul

Title Storage Jar (Noranggan)

Date 20th century

Medium Clay and pigment

Dimensions Object: 20 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (51.1 × 51.1 × 47.9 cm)
Overall: 20 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (51.1 × 51.1 × 47.9 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 73.1.1

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About this Work

Iatmul peoples living in Aibom village create a wide range of ceramics including storage jars, such as this one, cooking pots, serving bowls, and ornaments. Within this community, ceramics play an important role as a trade good.

While women create the storage jars utilizing the coiling technique, men create the representational forms, animal and human, that appear on them. These representational forms refer to clan totems, ancestors, and cultural heroes.

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"Storage Jar | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=73.1.1