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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0079   CAS 0370-0079; 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 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
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 contiguous elongated triangles with one concave long side and one convex long side, all laid end to end around rim and forming a whirling motif; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 16.9