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Catalog Number CAS 0370-0149   CAS 0370-0149; 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 dinner-sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and highly burnished; 8 contiguous elongated triangles (each with concave long side and series of pendant dots and negative line along short end) are painted in matte black slip along interior rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.2, Max Diam = 24.4