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| 002 Acoma Pueblo, c. 1890 - 1900 |
 A close comparison of this vessel with the jar in Fig. 24 shows many similarities and a few significant differences in the design elements. Perhaps the greatest difference is in the extension of the rainbow arcs to the ground and the incorporation of a block-like structure between them. The pairs of red bumps attached to the blocks occur in similar form on numerous vessels from several Pueblos in the years just before and after 1900; see also Figs. 9, 11, and 18. It is interesting to speculate that the jars in Figs. 26 and 28 were painted by the same artist. The visual impact of all four of these parrot jars placed side by side is convincing evidence of a most remarkable talent at Acoma Pueblo for decorative exuberance built from numerous design elements of great symbolic significance. European religious paintings of the Renaissance often likewise incorporate a profusion of symbolic elements to assist in the telling of their stories.
--Francis H. Harlow, Los Alamos |
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