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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0478 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Zia Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zia Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is coated with red slip and lightly burnished; Exterior is coated with white slip and painted; 4 paired red feathers with black tips alternating with 4 paired black triangles and all are pendant from narrow black line that encircles bowl on exterior just below rim; Heavy black line outlines lip; Base is over-painted red; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.6, Rim Diam = 8.0, Max Diam = 9.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0270 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Zia Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zia Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and straight rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, coated with red slip, and burnished; Wide band around upper portion of exterior is painted white and decorated with a motif that includes a red terraced triangle (outlined in black and paired black triangles; Both motifs are repeated 4 times and are bordered by narrow black framing lines above and below; Heavy black line outlines lip; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.5, Max Diam = 18.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0240 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl with handle | |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and slightly inward curving rim; Single bail handle is attached at two points on the rim and arches high over the bowl's wide mouth; Interior is minimally scraped; Exterior and handle are scraped very smooth, coated with a slip, and highly burnished, except for base; Design band around upper sides of bowl is painted in matte black slip and consists of 6 contiguous triangles, each with three short parallel horizontal lines extending out from side; Band is bordered below by single framing line; Bowl is reduction fired to black-on-black color and is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.0, Rim Diam = 3.3, Max Diam = 5.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0099A,B |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl with lid | |
| 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. 1930s-1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | A: Oval bowl with flat base and vertical sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a slip, and exterior is highly burnished; Design band on exterior sides is painted in matte black slip and includes paired stack of 3 triangles each on each long side, 4 parallel vertical lines at each short end, and upper and lower framing lines around rim and base; Possible incised signature on base is completely illegible; B: Flat oval lid with single loop handle in center; Exterior is scraped smooth, coated with a slip and highly burnished; Interior appears to have had lip but is now ground smooth; Group of 3 contiguous elongated triangles at ends of lid and semicircle with pendant dots on either side of handle are painted in matte black slip; Signature “Florence†is very, very lightly incised on base, but very difficult to read. 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 = 8.4, Width = 7.9, Length = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0489A,B |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl with lid | |
| 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 | Rose Gonzales (1900-1989) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | A: Oval shaped bowl with flat base and vertical sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is also coated with red slip and highly burnished; Design band around exterior sides is painted in beige slip and is divided into 4 panels, two of which contain a negative terraced triangle (kiva steps design) and 2 that contain paired negative triangles (feather design); Signature "Rose" is incised in script on base; B: Flat oval lid with vertical loop handle attached in center; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and exterior is coated with red slip and highly burnished; Designs similar to the kiva steps and feather designs on the bowl are painted in beige slip on either side of the handle; Lid is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.1, Width = 7.3, Length = 12.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0206 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Canteen | |
| Culture | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Cibola | |
| Other Geographic Data | Acoma Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic paint | |
| Description | Canteen with spherical body that is slightly flattened on one side, two loop handles, and short narrow cylindrical neck; Exterior surface is scraped smooth; Underbody is covered with orange slip while upper body is covered with white slip; Black painted geometric design includes parallelograms, zigzag lines, semicircles, and triangles that are either solid black or painted with hatched and/or cross-hatched lines; Each loop handle is decorated with series of solid black circles; Canteen is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.2, Width = 15.3, Rim Diam = 2.2, Max Diam = 13.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0102 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Canteen | |
| 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. 1930s to 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Canteen with globose body (flattened on one side) and short neck with straight rim; 2 heavy loop handles attached at sides; Interior rim and entire exterior are slipped white; Crudely executed floral (?) Design with solid leaves and open clusters of fruit (?) is painted in black on sides, and series of dashes and dots are painted around neck; Both handles and lip are painted black; Canteen is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.0, Width = 15.9, Rim Diam = 2.8, Length = 13.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0131 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Canteen | |
| 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. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Canteen with globose body and flattened base; Short narrow neck extends out from side, flanked by pair of loop handles; Exterior scraped smooth, slipped red, and lightly burnished; Underbody and rim of neck are painted dark brown; 4 frog figures are sculpted in high relief on sides and top of vessel and painted with dark brown highlights; 4 brown tadpoles are painted among the frogs; Canteen is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.9, Width = 22.7, Rim Diam = 3.5, Length = 25.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0124 |  |
| 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 | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1956 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Round olla-shaped jar with flat base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short, inward sloping neck and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except underbody which is slipped orange; Upper body of exterior is painted with all-over fine line pattern of hachured triangles, producing optical illusion of star pattern; Black line encircles lip; Signature "Lucy M. Lewis Acoma" is painted in black lettering on base. 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 = 14.5, Rim Diam = 13.5, Max Diam = 19.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0126 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with concave, narrow diameter base, rounded sides that curve inward at rim, and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for exterior lower body and base which are slipped orange; White-slipped exterior surface is divided into 3 bands of 10 rectangular panels each; Each panel is painted with a fine-line rectangular spiral, producing an optical illusion pattern of vertical columns of stacked diamonds; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.8, Rim Diam = 15.0, Max Diam = 19.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0128 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short neck and wide mouth; Underbody, base, and interior of rim are slipped red; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Exterior design in black and orange includes two large rosettes with large white floral motifs outlined in black on orange background; Areas between rosettes are divided into 3 horizontal bands with geometric units in the upper and lower bands and small parrot motifs in the center band; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 25.2, Rim Diam = 17.6, Max Diam = 29.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0129 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Native organic and mineral paints | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with small-diameter, concave base and flaring sides rising to high shoulder, then sloping in toward wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Underbody and interior of neck are slipped orange; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Design bands below shoulder and around neck are divided into panels containing feathers and other geometric motifs in black, red, and white; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.6, Rim Diam = 18.1, Max Diam = 29.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0104 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short inward sloping neck and wide mouth; Interior of neck and exterior lower body and base are slipped orange; Remainder of exterior is slipped white; Wide design band below shoulder repeats geometric motif in orange and black 8 times beneath 8 orange arches; Band above shoulder has parallel orange and black and white hachured zigzag bands; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.7, Rim Diam = 17.4, Max Diam = 32.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0101 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with concave base and rounded sides that curve inward toward the wide-mouthed rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for wide band around interior rim and underbody on exterior; Exterior is painted with geometric design including rosettes, terraced triangles and floral units in black and white; Some of the designs are painted in the fine line hatching technique; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.8, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 14.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0111 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base and flaring sides that curve upward to high, well defined shoulder; Wide but short neck curves inward to wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for rim around interior rim and underbody, which are slipped orange; Band that encircles neck and extends from rim to shoulder is divided into rectangular panels, each containing black triangles in opposite corners and hatch-lined hourglass motif; Design field below shoulder contains 4 black and white hatch-lined swastikas with V-shaped groups of black triangles filling the intervening spaces; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.2, Rim Diam = 13.2, Max Diam = 27.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0112 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, short inward sloping neck and wide mouth; Underbody and base and interior rim are slipped orange; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Design field on exterior is divided into 3 bands, which are subdivided into rectangular panels; Panels in narrowest band around shoulder each contain pair of black parallelograms arranged diagonally; Wider bands above shoulder and around lower body contain paired black feather motifs in each panel, with a single large orange zigzag line superimposed over the entire band; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 23.6, Rim Diam = 25.9, Max Diam = 28.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0024 |  |
| 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 | Lucy Martin Lewis (ca. 1900-1992) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Small olla-shaped jar with flat, narrow diameter base, flaring sides, high shoulder and short wide neck, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for wide band around interior rim and underbody which are slipped orange; Exterior design field is divided into 3 encircling bands which are subdivided into rectangular panels; Panels are alternately decorated with diagonal lines or with paired triangular spirals, all in black-on-white fine line technique; Heavy black line encircles lip of jar; "Acoma" is painted on base in black lettering (that matches lettering on other Lucy Lewis pieces) but jar is otherwise unsigned. 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 = 9.5, Rim Diam = 6.7, Max Diam = 9.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0049 |  |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, inward-sloping neck, and wide mouth; Underbody and base and interior rim are slipped red; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Design field extends from rim to lower body and contains 5 diamond-shaped rosettes, each comprising black and red geometric units; Intervening spaces are filled with black, orange and red geometric filler units; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 31.2, Rim Diam = 17.7, Max Diam = 34.0 | |
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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 | |
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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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