Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0385 | |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Ashtray | |
| 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 | Legoria Tafoya (1911-1984) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Slip | |
| Description | Oval shaped ashtray with wide flat base and shallow, flaring sides; Pedestal positioned on rim at one end supports concave platform for resting cigar or smoking pipe; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and are well burnished; Geometric design including panels of triangles, series of parallel lines, and line of dots is painted in dark gray on interior of ashtray; Cigar cradle is painted with series of semicircles around its perimeter; Ashtray is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Legoria Sta. Clara Pueblo" is lightly incised in script on base. Legoria Tafoya is the mother of Celes Tafoya and the sister of Pablita Velarde, whose pottery, and pottery and paintings, respectively, are represented in the CAS collections. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.1, Width = 11.2, Length = 19.0 | |