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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0291   CAS 0370-0291; Jar
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