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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0779 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Hat | |
| Culture | Achumawi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc, Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
| Description | Round woman’s hat with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in 2-strand twining with single row of lattice twining at junction of base and sides and single row of 3-strand twining around rim; Designs are in maidenhair fern in full-twist overlay stitch and consist of 2 concentric dashed bands on base and 5 vertical columns of stacked parallelograms on sides, all on background of bear grass. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.2, Max Diam = 20.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1819 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basketry covered bottle | |
| Culture | Achumawi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc, Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass; Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems | |
| Description | Basketry-covered brown glass bottle (possibly beer bottle) with flat base, cylindrical body, tall straight neck, and handle attached at shoulder and rim; basket is woven primarily in plain twining technique, with several rows of 3-strand twining on base and in final row of twining at rim; Warp material is hazel shoots and primary weft material is conifer roots; Designs are woven in full-twist overlay technique, using natural colored bear grass leaves as the background and black maidenhair fern stems for the actual designs, which include circular ticked band on base, 3 bands of large 8-point stars or half-stars on the sides, a band of small parallelograms around the shoulder, and a narrow ticked band around the neck; Handle is decorated with spiral bands in alternating light and dark colors; Upper neck of bottle is exposed, indicating a woven basketry cap originally accompanied this piece. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.1, Width = 9.0, Rim Diam = 3.3, Max Diam = 7.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0047 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigments | |
| Description | Shallow round plate or bowl with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with white slip; Interior is painted with black and white fine-line optical illusion pattern of concentric rectangles; Rim is incised with single row of triangles that are painted orange; "Acoma, NM." is printed on base in lettering that matches that of other pieces by Lucy Martin Lewis, but plate is unsigned otherwise. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.9, Max Diam = 23.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0139 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round plate with shallow, upward curving and flaring sides; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and slipped white; Design on the interior consists of center rectangular motif comprising spiral of solid and terraced triangles within negative, asymmetrical 4-point star; Surrounding off-center and asymmetrical quadrants are painted either with hatch-lined and solid triangles or with a single hatch-lined triangle; Signature "Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma, NM" is printed in black lettering on underside. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.5, Max Diam = 12.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0140 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round plate with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with brilliant white slip; Elaborate geometric design on interior consists of center rectangle and one triangle in each quadrant that are painted in fine-line technique of a continuous spiral; Remaining spaces are filled with opposing black and white triangles, forming an overall cross-like pattern; Signature "Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma, NM" is printed in black lettering on underside. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.0, Max Diam = 9.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0141 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round plate with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with white slip; Interior is divided into all-over series of small outlined squares, each containing either a pair of small black triangles or 2 pairs of stacked black triangles and pair of narrow parallel lines (the two motifs are arranged in checkerboard pattern); Band of crescent shapes is impressed along interior rim; “Acoma, N. M.†is printed in black lettering on base, but otherwise, plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0122 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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 | Deep round bowl with flat base and rounded sides that curve inward very slightly at the rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for exterior base which is slipped orange; Exterior design includes elaborate black and white multi-zigzag line that includes positive, negative and hachured units; Intervening spaces are filled in with black and white floral units; Heavy black line encircles lip; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.5, Rim Diam = 21.5, Max Diam = 23.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0040 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (owl) | |
| 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. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Three dimensional modeled figurine in form of an owl; Cylindrical body with flat base and closed, rounded top is modeled with small projecting wings on sides, short open beak at front, and pair of small ears at top; All over feather pattern is painted in black, as are the eyes, back of ears, and outline of beak; Front of ears, outline of eyes, and outline of beak are painted in pale orange color; Figurine is unsigned. (Tag on base lists retail inventory code (?) of "B20-14" and price of "$4.50.") | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.2, Width = 6.5, Depth = 6.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0041 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (turkey) | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Turkey figurine with hollow, spherical body and modeled tail and head; Exterior is scraped very smooth and slipped white; Series of orange circles with black highlights represent feathers on back; Geometric designs on sides and lower front represent wings and additional feathers; "Acoma N.M." is painted on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.3, Depth = 13.2, Max Diam = 10.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0206 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Canteen | |
| 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 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic paint | |
| Description | Canteen with spherical body that is slightly flattened on one side, two loop handles, and short narrow cylindrical neck; Exterior surface is scraped smooth; Underbody is covered with orange slip while upper body is covered with white slip; Black painted geometric design includes parallelograms, zigzag lines, semicircles, and triangles that are either solid black or painted with hatched and/or cross-hatched lines; Each loop handle is decorated with series of solid black circles; Canteen is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.2, Width = 15.3, Rim Diam = 2.2, Max Diam = 13.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0291 |  |
| 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 | Marie Zieu Chino (1907-1982) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round olla-shaped jar with flat base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck sloping inward toward wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white; Upper sides on exterior are decorated with all-over fine line pattern of hachured triangles; Underbody of jar is undecorated; Black line encircles lip; Signature "M.Z. Chino Acoma, N.M." is painted in black lettering on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.7, Rim Diam = 10.7, Max Diam = 15.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0024 |  |
| 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 | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Small olla-shaped jar with flat, narrow diameter base, flaring sides, high shoulder and short wide neck, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for wide band around interior rim and underbody which are slipped orange; Exterior design field is divided into 3 encircling bands which are subdivided into rectangular panels; Panels are alternately decorated with diagonal lines or with paired triangular spirals, all in black-on-white fine line technique; Heavy black line encircles lip of jar; "Acoma" is painted on base in black lettering (that matches lettering on other Lucy Lewis pieces) but jar is otherwise unsigned. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Rim Diam = 6.7, Max Diam = 9.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0049 |  |
| 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. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, inward-sloping neck, and wide mouth; Underbody and base and interior rim are slipped red; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Design field extends from rim to lower body and contains 5 diamond-shaped rosettes, each comprising black and red geometric units; Intervening spaces are filled with black, orange and red geometric filler units; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 31.2, Rim Diam = 17.7, Max Diam = 34.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0124 |  |
| 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 | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1956 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Round olla-shaped jar with flat base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short, inward sloping neck and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except underbody which is slipped orange; Upper body of exterior is painted with all-over fine line pattern of hachured triangles, producing optical illusion of star pattern; Black line encircles lip; Signature "Lucy M. Lewis Acoma" is painted in black lettering on base. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.5, Rim Diam = 13.5, Max Diam = 19.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0126 |  |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with concave, narrow diameter base, rounded sides that curve inward at rim, and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for exterior lower body and base which are slipped orange; White-slipped exterior surface is divided into 3 bands of 10 rectangular panels each; Each panel is painted with a fine-line rectangular spiral, producing an optical illusion pattern of vertical columns of stacked diamonds; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.8, Rim Diam = 15.0, Max Diam = 19.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0111 |  |
| 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. 1900-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base and flaring sides that curve upward to high, well defined shoulder; Wide but short neck curves inward to wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for rim around interior rim and underbody, which are slipped orange; Band that encircles neck and extends from rim to shoulder is divided into rectangular panels, each containing black triangles in opposite corners and hatch-lined hourglass motif; Design field below shoulder contains 4 black and white hatch-lined swastikas with V-shaped groups of black triangles filling the intervening spaces; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.2, Rim Diam = 13.2, Max Diam = 27.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0112 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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; Underbody and base and interior rim are slipped orange; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Design field on exterior is divided into 3 bands, which are subdivided into rectangular panels; Panels in narrowest band around shoulder each contain pair of black parallelograms arranged diagonally; Wider bands above shoulder and around lower body contain paired black feather motifs in each panel, with a single large orange zigzag line superimposed over the entire band; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 23.6, Rim Diam = 25.9, Max Diam = 28.8 | |
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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 | |
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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 0370-0128 |  |
| 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 neck and wide mouth; Underbody, base, and interior of rim are slipped red; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Exterior design in black and orange includes two large rosettes with large white floral motifs outlined in black on orange background; Areas between rosettes are divided into 3 horizontal bands with geometric units in the upper and lower bands and small parrot motifs in the center band; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 25.2, Rim Diam = 17.6, Max Diam = 29.8 | |
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