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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 37305, member: 45&quot;]Odd thing just happened,&nbsp; I posted a reply a couple hours ago, and just now came back to see if there had been any further posts, and found my post with a message that it would not be posted until I signed in.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t signed out, and had even answered a couple questions about a basket earlier, and those were posted okay.&nbsp; But somehow, in the meantime, I got &quot;signed out.&quot;&nbsp; Never has happened before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I signed in, and of course my post disappeared.&nbsp; So I&#039;ll try to remember what I said, without repeating <i>verybrad</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a smaller, decorated, version of a traditional Hopi canteen, made for sale.&nbsp; They were very popular in the time period <i>verybrad </i>mentioned. This one probably dates to the 1920&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>By that time, commercial metal pails had replaced the large traditional pottery canteens that Hopi women had used to carry water up to the mesa tops for generations.&nbsp; Unlike the Zuni and Acoma, who balanced water ollas on their heads, Hopi women usually had carried water in canteens on their backs (which is why one side is flat, to fit against the back), and may be why the canteen form became associated with the Hopi, and shows up in so many collections of Hopi pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt if the strap is original to the pot.&nbsp; It was probably added later to give it a look of additional &quot;authenticity.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This web site has a canteen very similar to the one in question:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/25399480_rare-hopi-pottery-canteen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/25399480_rare-hopi-pottery-canteen" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/25399480_rare-hopi-pottery-canteen</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this page has an interesting early photo showing Hopi woman carrying her canteen:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.rarepottery.info/HopiTewaVirtualMuseum.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rarepottery.info/HopiTewaVirtualMuseum.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rarepottery.info/HopiTewaVirtualMuseum.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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