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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0158   CAS 0370-0158; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Christina Naranjo (1891-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Jar with flat base, flaring lower sides, mid-level shoulder, and tall, wide neck with everted rim and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of neck and entire exterior are highly burnished; 3 bear paw patterns are incised on neck; Jar is reduction fired to glossy black color; Signature "Christina Naranjo Santa Clara Pueblo" is incised in script on base. Christina Naranjo was a sister to Margaret Tafoya, mother of Mary Cain, Teresita Naranjo, and Mida Tafoya, and grandmother of Stella Naranjo Chavarria and Victor Eckelberry, all of whose works are represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 31.4, Rim Diam = 24.0, Max Diam = 35.2