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| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0090 | |
| 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 and highly burnished; Band of small contiguous triangles (each with concave sides and pendant from interior rim) is painted in matte black slip and encircles interior rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.0, Max Diam = 25.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0091 |  |
| 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 and highly burnished; Design band painted in matte black slip around interior rim consists of 8 wide contiguous triangles with concave sides; Each triangle also has an appended key-shaped hook; Plate is reduction-fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.4, Max Diam = 24.9 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0092 |  |
| 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 and highly burnished; Band of contiguous elongated triangles (each with convex sides and pendant from interior rim) is painted in matte black slip around interior rim, producing a negative feather pattern; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.3, Max Diam = 25.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0093 |  |
| 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 pigments | |
| Description | Round shallow dinner-sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and highly burnished; Background of wide design band around interior rim is painted in matte black slip to form a negative pattern of Avanyu, the feathered serpent, whose body encircles the interior rim; Design also includes 3 negative cloud motifs (3 stacked semicircles) along rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie + Julian" is incised in printed upper and lower case letters on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 25.9 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0094 |  |
| 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 dinner-sized plate with fat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and highly burnished; Background of wide design band around upper interior sides is painted in matte black slip, resulting in negative design of single feathered serpent (Avanyu design) that completely encircles plate; Design also includes two negative cloud motifs; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie & Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.3, Max Diam = 25.3 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0095 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1930-1943 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Slip | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, flaring lower body, below midlevel shoulder, and inward sloping neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a slip; Exterior only is highly burnished; Band of matte black negative feather patterns encircles neck and 4 parallel lines encircle shoulder just below feather band; Jar is reduction-fired to black-on-black finish; Signature "Marie + Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.2, Rim Diam = 13.5, Max Diam = 25.6 | |
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CAS 0370-0096 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1880-1890 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large round olla or water jar with concave base, rounded sides, high shoulder, short inward-sloping neck, and wide mouth; Lower body has slight bulge marking height of puki used in construction; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; underbody and band around interior rim are slipped dark brown; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Band encircling neck of jar is divided into 2 panels, each containing 3 geometric elements in black and red; Pair of wide parallel brown lines frames lower edge of shoulder; Field below shoulder contains 2 large rosettes with red and brown geometric designs; Space between rosettes is divided into upper band of deer with heart lines and lower band of geometric designs; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.5, Rim Diam = 19.3, Max Diam = 33.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0097 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Zia Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zia Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Tall, round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck with wide mouth and straight rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and lower body of exterior are covered with orange slip; Upper body of exterior is covered with white slip; Painted designs on white slipped area include a black and red floral motif (pendant from lower framing line) that is repeated 3 times, and black geometric motif (pendant from upper framing line) that is repeated 6 times; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 27.0, Rim Diam = 14.7, Max Diam = 26.3 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0098 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, rounded flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck with wide mouth and everted rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and exterior underbody are slipped red; Upper and lower body on exterior are slipped a cream color; Black designs on exterior include 2 free-floating tri-lobed leaf patterns alternating with 2 open umbrella-like shapes, with paired upper and lower framing lines; Solid black line encircles lip; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.7, Rim Diam = 20.1, Max Diam = 28.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0099A,B |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl with lid | |
| 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 | Florence Aguilar Naranjo (b. 1921) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s-1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | A: Oval bowl with flat base and vertical sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a slip, and exterior is highly burnished; Design band on exterior sides is painted in matte black slip and includes paired stack of 3 triangles each on each long side, 4 parallel vertical lines at each short end, and upper and lower framing lines around rim and base; Possible incised signature on base is completely illegible; B: Flat oval lid with single loop handle in center; Exterior is scraped smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Interior appears to have had lip but is now ground smooth; Group of 3 contiguous elongated triangles at ends of lid and semicircle with pendant dots on either side of handle are painted in matte black slip; Signature “Florence†is very, very lightly incised on base, but very difficult to read. Florence Aguilar Naranjo is the daughter of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the sister of Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.4, Width = 7.9, Length = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0100 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Ashtray | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa; Village: Hano | |
| Maker's Name | Sadie Adams (1905-1995) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round ashtray with flat base, flaring sides, and wide flat rim with pair of wide, U-shaped depressions for holding the cigarettes; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and lightly burnished; Band around rim is painted with black geometric motif, repeated on either side of the depressions; Floral signature of Sadie Adams is painted in black on the base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.5, Max Diam = 14.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0101 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with concave base and rounded sides that curve inward toward the wide-mouthed rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for wide band around interior rim and underbody on exterior; Exterior is painted with geometric design including rosettes, terraced triangles and floral units in black and white; Some of the designs are painted in the fine line hatching technique; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.8, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 14.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0102 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Canteen | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s to 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Canteen with globose body (flattened on one side) and short neck with straight rim; 2 heavy loop handles attached at sides; Interior rim and entire exterior are slipped white; Crudely executed floral (?) Design with solid leaves and open clusters of fruit (?) is painted in black on sides, and series of dashes and dots are painted around neck; Both handles and lip are painted black; Canteen is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.0, Width = 15.9, Rim Diam = 2.8, Length = 13.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0103A,B |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | House model | |
| Culture | Jemez Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Jemez Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Persingula R. Tosa (b. 1924) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Tempera paint | |
| Description | Model of a rectangular one room pueblo-style house; Exterior walls, rooftop, interior floor and ceiling, base, and outdoor bread oven are all covered with tan slip; Outdoor courtyard and frames of cutout doorway and window in front wall and of cutout window on side wall are all painted brick red; Exposed ends of vigas on front wall are outlined in black, and red chile ristras hang from 4 of the 5 vigas; The front wall is removable to reveal a corner fireplace inside and two pueblo women kneeling and grinding corn, using manos and metates; Each woman is dressed in black wrap-around pueblo dress worn over a brightly colored blouse; Signature "Mrs. P.R. Tosa" and "Jemez" are printed in black on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.7, Width = 12.3, Depth = 8.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0104 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short inward sloping neck and wide mouth; Interior of neck and exterior lower body and base are slipped orange; Remainder of exterior is slipped white; Wide design band below shoulder repeats geometric motif in orange and black 8 times beneath 8 orange arches; Band above shoulder has parallel orange and black and white hachured zigzag bands; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.7, Rim Diam = 17.4, Max Diam = 32.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0105 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s to 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep, round bowl with flat base and rounded, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior and upper body of exterior are slipped white; Exterior underbody and base are slipped red; Wide design band on exterior contains 3 large floral motifs, each with central petal flanked on either side by a large leaf that seemingly grows from paired framing lines along bottom of band; Solid black line outlines lip; Bowl is unsigned. Some researchers have identified this bowl as a Cochiti Pueblo piece, but a group of Cochiti potters, in conversation with Katherine Rust in November, 1981, thought that it is definitely from Santo Domingo. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.8, Rim Diam = 19.9, Max Diam = 20.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0106 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Zia Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zia Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides that rise upward to a high, well defined shoulder, and a very wide neck that curves inward to a wide mouth; Interior is scraped smooth and covered with dark red slip; Exterior is also scraped smooth, covered with white slip, and painted with black designs, including band of stylized floral (?) motifs on cross-hatched background that encircles neck and very similar band encircling lower body; Double band of triangular motifs encircles mid-section of jar; Underbody is covered with red overslip; Jar is unsigned. [Original CAS catalog card for this jar refers to sticker on base of jar that reads “Guaranteed hand made at Santa Ana, Southwest Arts and Crafts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Price $15.00.†J. J. Brody (Maxwell Museum, Univ. of New Mexico) identified this in 1981 as “an Acoma-style Zia jar and probably dates to 1880-1900, when only one or two potters were working.†Joe Ben Wheat (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO) also identified it in 1981 as a Zia jar, but thought it could have been made by a Zia woman at Santa Ana Pueblo.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.7, Rim Diam = 16.8, Max Diam = 31.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0107 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Stew bowl | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigments | |
| Description | Round stew bowl with rounded base, rounded lower body, and flaring rim; Banded design of repetitive geometric motifs in black and red encircle interior rim; Interior center is undecorated; Exterior underbody is rag-wiped with red slip; Band of concentric red and black diamonds encircles mid-section on exterior, while band of nested terraced "V" shapes and alternating floral motifs encircles upper rim; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.2, Max Diam = 26.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0108 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Zia Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zia Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with flat base and flaring sides that curve inward slightly at rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped red; Wide band around upper exterior is slipped white and divided into 6 panels, 3 containing floral motif in red and black and 3 containing geometric motifs in black; Band is bordered above and below by paired framing lines, including spirit breaks; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.7, Rim Diam = 22.3, Max Diam = 23.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0109 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Vegetal paint | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, midlevel shoulder, wide constricted neck, and slightly everted rim; Interior rim and upper and lower body on exterior are slipped orange; Burnished exterior underbody is unslipped; Wide band on neck shows 2 free-floating birds and 2 stylized floral motifs in black, framed above by pair of lines and below by band of triangles; Band below shoulder contains 4 composite spiral scrolls in black; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 27.5, Rim Diam = 21.4, Max Diam = 31.1 | |
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