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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0099A,B   CAS 0370-0099A,B; Bowl with lid
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