Native American, Rare Very Large Historic Hopi Pottery Water & Snake Canteen, 1890's, #1654 SOLD

Native American, Rare Very Large Historic Hopi Pottery Water & Snake Canteen, 1890's, #1654Description: #1654 Native American, Rare Very Large Historic Hopi Pottery Water & Snake Canteen, 1890's. Hand coiled pottery snake canteen, has old pine pitch repairs.Dimension: 15'' x 13'' x 13''Condition: Very good for its age and use over the past 100+ years. Here is some information from Adobe Gallery on pieces like this and how they might have been carried with water. "Image Below: “Nampeyo carrying an olla” Adam Clark Vroman, 1901. (The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles. Photo #N22764.) Nampeyo posed for Vroman inside her home with a typical canteen carried by women to carry water from the spring below the mesa. Photo part of public domain.""As mentioned above, Adam Clark Vroman photographed Nampeyo in 1901 with a large water canteen on her back with a strap over her forehead. Some days, she made four trips down the mesa to the spring for water. This canteen at the gallery is like the o