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CAS 0370-0288 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s-1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, globose body with rounded sides, and very short inward sloping neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is covered with dark brown (?) slip; Exterior is slipped; White and painted with 6 black free-floating 8-petal floral motifs around mid-section; Pair of framing lines encircle neck and underbody; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.1, Rim Diam = 10.4, Max Diam = 17.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0289 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Prayer bowl | |
| Culture | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round ceremonial bowl with footed base and flaring sides rising to 4 terraced rim extensions; Flattened and arched bail handle extends across mouth of bowl from rim to rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and slipped white; Lip of bowl is painted dark brown; Single line contours terraced rim just below lip on interior and exterior; Brown tadpole is painted on each rim projection, both on interior and exterior; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.0 , Width = 25.9, Rim Diam = 16.6 , Max Diam = 17.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0290 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (owl) | |
| Culture | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Standing owl figurine with outstretched wings and tail and modeled beak and ears; Single owl chick perched on each wing; Exteriors of figures are scraped smooth, slipped white, and body portions are painted with all-over feather pattern in dark brown; Beaks and eyes of adult and chicks are painted red; Legs and feet of adult owl are painted tan; Figurine is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.0, Width = 18.3, Depth = 15.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0291 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Marie Zieu Chino (1907-1982) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round olla-shaped jar with flat base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck sloping inward toward wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white; Upper sides on exterior are decorated with all-over fine line pattern of hachured triangles; Underbody of jar is undecorated; Black line encircles lip; Signature "M.Z. Chino Acoma, N.M." is painted in black lettering on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.7, Rim Diam = 10.7, Max Diam = 15.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0292 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Prayer bowl | |
| Culture | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round ceremonial prayer bowl on footed base; Terraced rim has 5 projections that rise above rim level; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white; Lip of bowl is painted dark brown; Interior design includes brown line contouring rim just below lip, single brown tadpole on each rim projection, and large frog image in center of bowl; Exterior designs include brown line contouring rim just below lip and single stylized dragonfly on each rim projection; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.5, Max Diam = 17.8 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0293 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in matte black slip and consists of 8 contiguous elongated triangles, each with a concave long side and laid end to end around rim, producing a negative whirling pinwheel pattern in center of plate; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base; Traces of original label from "The Thunderbird Shop, Santa Fe, NM" is still attached on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.5, Max Diam = 17.9 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0294 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band painted in black matte slip around interior rim consists of small contiguous crescent shapes and groups of 3 small dots along lower edge of each one; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 17.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0295 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band painted around interior rim is painted in black matte slip and consists of contiguous crescent shapes with tear drop shape pendant from each juncture of adjacent crescents; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 16.9 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0296 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in black matte slip and consists of pair of parallel lines that encircle rim and series of short but heavy dashes that are pendant from innermost line; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie & Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.4, Max Diam = 17.7 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0297 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, coated with a slip, and highly burnished; Design band painted in matte black slip around interior rim consists of contiguous triangles that are pendant from rim, each one having one deeply concave side, all arranged to form a whirling pattern; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.6, Max Diam = 16.6 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0298 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, coated with a slip, and well burnished; Design band painted in matte black around interior rim consists of of contiguous crescent shapes with pair of short dashes pendant from each one (rain cloud symbol); Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is very finely incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.5, Max Diam = 16.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0299 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band painted in black matte slip around interior rim consists of 4 large crescent shapes alternating with paired triangles, all forming a large negative Maltese-like cross pattern in center of plate; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie & Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 18.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0300 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band painted in matte black slip around interior rim consists of contiguous outlined semicircles, each containing 3 large dots (possible variation of rain cloud design); Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 17.8 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0301 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth, coated with a clay slip and highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in black matte slip and consists of 4 contiguous elongated triangular units that are laid on their edges along rim; One long side of each triangle is concave and the short end of each one is scalloped; Pair of short negative lines are positioned on each triangle; Overall arrangement produces negative whiling pattern in center of plate; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 17.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0302 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round salad or bread and butter sized plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Design band painted in matte black slip around interior rim consists of contiguous solid semicircles, forming scalloped interior edge which is framed by narrow, parallel scalloped line; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.3, Max Diam = 17.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0303 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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 | Maria Martinez (1887-1980), Julian Martinez (1885-1943) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1923-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Slip | |
| Description | Large round bowl with very wide flat base, rounded sides, and inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and exterior is highly burnished; Negative image of Avanyu or feathered serpent with lightning extending from mouth completely encircles upper side of bowl; Bowl is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.1, Rim Diam = 22.1, Max Diam = 31.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0304 |  |
| 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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0305 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) or Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, sides that flare out and upward and then curve inward abruptly forming flat shoulder, and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are minimally scraped smooth; Exterior rim is encircled by a wide and very shallow concave band; Band of large concave circles arranged in 6 groups of 3 circles each encircles the edge of the shoulder; Interior and exterior of jar are reduction fired to black color; Jar is unsigned. [Both Joe Ben Wheat (former curator at University of Colorado Museum) and Jerry Brody (former Director of Maxwell Museum, University of New Mexico) looked at this jar in 1981 and identified it as Santa Clara Pueblo rather than Okhay Owingeh.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.5, Rim Diam = 19.0, Max Diam = 26.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0306 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 700-900 CE | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Kana-a black-on-white jar with rounded base, spherical body and inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and exterior is slipped white; Pair of perforated lug handles are attached high on exterior sides opposite each other; Two design bands encircle exterior of jar, the first one encircling the rim above the lug handles and containing a negative zigzag line; Second design band extends from just below lug handles to slightly below midlevel height and is divided into 4 panels, two of which contain solid black triangles and open, concentric squares, while the other two contain series of parallel zigzag lines flanked by diagonal columns of solid black triangles. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.9, Width = 17.3, Rim Diam = 8.4, Max Diam = 16.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0307 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Tile | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Flat, oval tile which is covered on front with a white slip and painted with black designs including a small bird, flanked by two triangular motifs filled with geometric shapes and a V-shaped band of contiguous black triangles; Solid black line encircles edge of tile; Pair of large holes are positioned near one edge for hanging tile; Tile is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.8, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 15.0 | |
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