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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0304   CAS 0370-0304; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
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. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Round jar with flat base and rounded sides that expand outward at mid-section, then curve inward toward rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a slip; exterior sides and rim are highly burnished; Design band that encircles upper sides just below rim includes wide line with lower scalloped edge, bordered above by straight line and below by scalloped line; Jar is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Barely discernible signature "Florence San Ildefonso" is very lightly incised or written in pencil in script on base. 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 = 5.6, Rim Diam = 4.0, Max Diam = 6.7