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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0516   CAS 0370-0516; Tile
Category Pottery
Object Name Tile
Culture Zia Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Zia Pueblo
Maker's Name Vicentita S. Pino (b. 1917) (attributed)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay; Natural pigments
Description Flat square clay tile made in mold and coated with cream-colored slip on front and red slip on reverse; Front surface is scraped very smooth and painted with design of diagonally stacked red blocks across each lower corner and Mimbres-style hare jumping across intervening space, against white background; Tile is unsigned, but similarity to CAS 0370-0045 suggests Vicentita S. Pino.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 15.3