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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0150   CAS 0370-0150; 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; Natural clay slip-paint
Description Round shallow dinner-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 painted in matte black slip along interior rim consists of 23 contiguous and widely overlapping semicircles, forming a scalloped interior border that is framed by a narrow, parallel scalloped line; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 24.3