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Catalog Number CAS 0541-0026   CAS 0541-0026; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery
Object Name Plate
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1921
Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay
Description Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in matte black slip and consists of eight contiguous and elongated triangles arranged end to end around the rim, with each side of the triangles being concave, forming a whirling, wave-like design; Center of plate is undecorated; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 17.9