Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0380 | |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Effigy bowl (bird) | |
| 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 | Effigy bowl in the form of a bird with flat base, flaring wings, and extended tail; Modeled head of bird rises well above rim and terminates in pointed beak; Pair of punctate holes represent eyes; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and highly burnished, except for exterior base; Bowl is otherwise undecorated; Bowl is reduction fired to glossy black color; Signature "Florence San Ildefonso" is incised 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 = 5.9, Width = 11.0, Length = 15.3 | |