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Catalog Number CAS 0370-0080   CAS 0370-0080; 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 smooth, coated with a slip, and highly burnished; Painted design painted in black matte slip around interior consists of very slender and partially overlapping triangular units, with groups of 3 short parallel lines pendant from areas where the triangles overlap and short L-shaped hook at end of each triangle; Design forms large negative square area with rounded corners in center area of plate; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 16.9