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| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0140 | |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round plate with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with brilliant white slip; Elaborate geometric design on interior consists of center rectangle and one triangle in each quadrant that are painted in fine-line technique of a continuous spiral; Remaining spaces are filled with opposing black and white triangles, forming an overall cross-like pattern; Signature "Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma, NM" is printed in black lettering on underside. Noted Acoma potter Lucy Martin Lewis is the mother of grandmother of many well-known potters. She is the mother of Anne Lewis Hansen and the mother-in-law of Rita Lewis, both of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.0, Max Diam = 9.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0141 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round plate with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with white slip; Interior is divided into all-over series of small outlined squares, each containing either a pair of small black triangles or 2 pairs of stacked black triangles and pair of narrow parallel lines (the two motifs are arranged in checkerboard pattern); Band of crescent shapes is impressed along interior rim; “Acoma, N. M.†is printed in black lettering on base, but otherwise, plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0278 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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; Pigment | |
| Description | Shallow oval plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with a reddish micaceous clay slip; Interior is covered with a white slip; Single black lizard motif with bird-like head in center of plate is framed by band of open black semicircles around sides; Solid black line encircles lip; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 1.8, Width = 9.0, Length = 11.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0279 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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; Pigment | |
| Description | Shallow oval plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with a reddish micaceous clay slip; Interior is covered with a white slip; Single black lizard motif with bird-like head in center of plate is framed by band of solid black semicircles around sides; Solid black line encircles lip; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.3, Width = 9.2, Length = 11.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0280 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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; Pigment | |
| Description | Shallow oval plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with a reddish micaceous clay slip; Interior is covered with a white slip; Single black lizard motif with bird-like head in center of plate is framed by band of open black semicircles around sides; Solid black line encircles lip; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.0, Width = 9.2, Length = 11.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0281 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| 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; Pigment | |
| Description | Shallow oval plate with flat base and very low, flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with a reddish micaceous clay slip; Interior is covered with a white slip and painted with a single black bird motif in center and band of black semicircles around interior rim; Solid black line encircles lip; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 1.2, Width = 6.9, Length = 9.9 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0159 |  |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Paul (?) Sherman | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Glaze | |
| Description | Wheel thrown round plate with very shallow concave surface and slight pedestal ring on base; Single yei figure is incised on interior of plate; Interior and exterior are coated with matte black glaze; Pair of small diameter holes perforate the pedestal ring to allow for hanging plate on wall; "Navajo" is incised on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Max Diam = 28.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0160 |  |
| 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 | ca. 1925-1943 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large round plate with flat base and flaring sides that rise up slightly toward rim; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and highly burnished; Background of design band on interior is painted in matte black slip, resulting in negative design of 16 feathers arranged in spoke-like pattern; Series of 4 parallel framing lines encircles interior rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie & Julian" is incised in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.5, Max Diam = 33.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0161 |  |
| 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), Popovi Da (1921-1971) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1957-1958 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Pigment | |
| Description | Large round shallow plate with wide flat base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth; Exterior is slipped red; Interior is slipped tan; Interior design consists of complex black 4-point star comprising positive and negative geometric motifs, surrounded by additional black and orange geometric filler motifs; Series of 4 parallel black lines encircles interior rim; Plate is fired in oxidizing atmosphere to yield polychrome coloring; Signature "Maria Popovi" [Maria Martinez - Popovi Da] is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.0, Max Diam = 37.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0215 |  |
| 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 | ca. 1925-1943 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round shallow plate with rounded base and flaring sides; Interior and exterior are scraped very smooth and interior is also highly burnished; Design band around interior rim is painted in matte black slip and consists of 15 partially overlapping semicircles, outlined below by a parallel scalloped line (producing a negative scalloped line around interior rim); Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is incised on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.5, Max Diam = 12.2 | |
| 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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