Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0114 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Luteria Atencio (b. ca. 1910) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1957 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Micaceous clay | |
| Description | Tall round jar with flat narrow base, rounded sides, very high shoulder and short neck with wide mouth and straight rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior and exterior of rim and exterior lower body are highly burnished; Wide design band on exterior extending from neck down to midlevel height is divided into 3 horizontal bands of 10 panels each; Panels are alternately decorated with incised designs of parallel diagonal lines and nested V-shapes; Upper and lower bands are similar; Incised designs have been covered with micaceous slip; Signature "Luteria Atencio San Juan Pueblo" is printed in ink on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.6, Rim Diam = 13.4, Max Diam = 22.7 | |