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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0359   CAS 0370-0359; Bowl
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Bowl
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 Petra Gutierrez (1905-? [deceased])
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Round bowl with flat base, flaring lower sides, and inward sloping upper sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Rim and entire exterior are coated with red slip are highly burnished, except for base; Band of contiguous triangles, painted alternately gray and tan and outlined in white, encircles upper sides of bowl; Signature "Petra" is written in pencil on base. Petra Gutierrez is the mother of Minnie Vigil and Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz, and the mother-in-law of Derek de la Cruz, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.0, Rim Diam = 7.7, Max Diam = 9.7