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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0132 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep, round jar with flat base, rounded sides, wide mouth and in-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Entire exterior except base is covered with cream-colored slip; Painted band of black contiguous scallops encircles rim; Second band of black contiguous elongated triangles (each containing a negative terraced V-shape) encircles upper body of jar; Jar is unsigned but probably same maker as CAS 0370-0127. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.6, Rim Diam = 13.3, Max Diam = 26.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0127 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Very deep round jar with flat base, rounded sides, inward-curving rim, and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Exterior underbody is covered with red slip and highly burnished, while remaining exterior is covered with cream-colored slip; Rectilinear fret that also incorporates floral designs above and below it encircles upper body just below rim; Second design band with alternate terraced triangles and cross-hatched triangles encircles lower body, just above red-slipped underbody; Jar is unsigned but probably same maker as CAS 0370-0132. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 21.7, Rim Diam = 24.5, Max Diam = 32.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0032 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Catherine Vigil (died 1955) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, flaring lower body, slightly above midlevel shoulder, inward sloping upper body, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior rim and entire exterior are covered with a dark brown slip and, except for the exterior base, are highly burnished but otherwise undecorated; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.8, Rim Diam = 11.3, Max Diam = 18.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0030 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Tesuque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Catherine Vigil (died 1955) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep round jar with flat base, rounded sides, and wide mouth with inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and entire exterior are covered with reddish slip and are highly burnished, except for base; Decorative band around upper half of bowl on exterior is divided into 4 panels; 2 different motifs are each repeated twice, including stylized feather and kiva step patterns in gray, tan, and pale pink colors on reddish brown background; "Katherine Vigil, Tesuque Pueblo" and the number "52" are handwritten in pencil on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.7, Rim Diam = 6.8, Max Diam = 8.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0310 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | unidentified Native American (Missouri Indian) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Missouri | |
| County | Mississippi | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | Prehistoric | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Effigy jar in form of standing quadruped; Spherical body of animal is supported on 4 short hollow legs; Short,upturned hollow tail extends out from back of body while short hollow modeled head with small ears and nose extends from front; Short but wide, cylindrical neck extends up from animal's back; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth, but are otherwise undecorated. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.9, Thickness = 19.7, Rim Diam = 9.4, Max Diam = 13.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0156 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; natural pigments | |
| Description | Round water jar with narrow concave base, flaring sides and greatly expanded midsection, very high shoulder, and short neck with wide mouth and inward sloping rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior and lower body on exterior are covered with reddish orange slip; Upper body on exterior is covered with white slip; Painted designs in black and red on upper body of exterior include a band of diamond shapes around lower body; Above this band a large hourglass motif made of feather designs is repeated 4 times, alternating with a floral motif that is also repeated 4 times; Band of geometric motifs encircles neck; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 28.7, Rim Diam = 17.5, Max Diam = 33.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0012 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder and short neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and underbody on exterior are slipped orange; Remainder of exterior is slipped white; Designs on exterior include 2 black flying roadrunners and 2 red standing roadrunners, all beneath red arches, with black geometric filler motifs; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.3, Rim Diam = 17.1, Max Diam = 29.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0125 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with concave base, very rounded sides, and a very short neck with wide mouth; Interior and exterior are completely covered with a pale orange slip; Exterior underbody and interior of rim are covered with a brick red slip; Painted design band around sides of jar consists of wide band with scalloped upper and lower edges, enclosing row of black paired and bisected triangles; Overall band is on brick red background and framed between double upper and lower framing lines; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.7, Rim Diam = 11.1, Max Diam = 16.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0106 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides that rise upward to a high, well defined shoulder, and a very wide neck that curves inward to a wide mouth; Interior is scraped smooth and covered with dark red slip; Exterior is also scraped smooth, covered with white slip, and painted with black designs, including band of stylized floral (?) motifs on cross-hatched background that encircles neck and very similar band encircling lower body; Double band of triangular motifs encircles mid-section of jar; Underbody is covered with red overslip; Jar is unsigned. [Original CAS catalog card for this jar refers to sticker on base of jar that reads “Guaranteed hand made at Santa Ana, Southwest Arts and Crafts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Price $15.00.†J. J. Brody (Maxwell Museum, Univ. of New Mexico) identified this in 1981 as “an Acoma-style Zia jar and probably dates to 1880-1900, when only one or two potters were working.†Joe Ben Wheat (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO) also identified it in 1981 as a Zia jar, but thought it could have been made by a Zia woman at Santa Ana Pueblo.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.7, Rim Diam = 16.8, Max Diam = 31.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0117 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior rim and underbody on exterior are slipped orange; Remainder of exterior is slipped white and painted with red and black motifs; Band of red parallelograms encircles shoulder; Band on neck has 7 panels, each containing red floral motif with 2 black leaves and stem with 5 to 7 red berries; Band below shoulder repeats complex geometric motif 9 times in black and red; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.2, Rim Diam = 15.6, Max Diam = 26.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0121 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck with wide mouth and straight rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and exterior underbody are slipped red; Upper body on exterior is slipped white; Wide design band around neck includes band of red parallelograms above a band of paired black crescent shapes; Band below shoulder includes 4 large parrot motifs and floral motifs in red and black; Pair of heavy black lines around shoulder separates upper and lower bands; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 27.8, Rim Diam = 17.3, Max Diam = 30.9 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0097 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Tall, round water jar with concave base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck with wide mouth and straight rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and lower body of exterior are covered with orange slip; Upper body of exterior is covered with white slip; Painted designs on white slipped area include a black and red floral motif (pendant from lower framing line) that is repeated 3 times, and black geometric motif (pendant from upper framing line) that is repeated 6 times; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 27.0, Rim Diam = 14.7, Max Diam = 26.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0431 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, flaring sides, high shoulder, and short neck rising to wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior and underbody of exterior are slipped with brick red slip; Remaining exterior surface is slipped with cream-colored slip and painted with 2 bird images alternating with 2 geometric patterns in red and black; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.1, Rim Diam = 12.4, Max Diam = 17.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0485 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, flaring sides on lower half, midlevel shoulder, and inward curving upper half; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is coated with red slip and lightly burnished; Upper half is painted white and decorated a single motif that includes a red kiva steps motif (outlined in black) and pair of black stylized feathers; Entire motif is repeated 3 times, bordered above and below by narrow framing lines; Heavy black line outlines lip; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.6, Rim Diam = 4.3, Max Diam = 7.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0134 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base and flaring sides that curve upward to a high, well defined shoulder; Short neck curves inward to wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and slipped white, except for wide band inside rim and exterior underbody and base, which are slipped dark brown; Band of paired and hatch-lined terraced triangles encircles neck, while double band of very slender, contiguous red triangles (outlined in brown) encircles shoulder; 3 red and brown painted butterflies alternate with 3 appliquéd and modeled frog figures (painted red, brown, and white) to fill the space below the shoulder; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.7, Rim Diam = 15.1, Max Diam = 27.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0152 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1885-1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large round olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides that curve upward to a high, well defined shoulder, short inward sloping neck, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Upper and lower exterior sides are slipped white; Underbody and base are slipped reddish brown; Wide band around neck is filled with black and red geometric units; Pair of wide parallel brown lines encircles shoulder; 2 large rosettes with black and red geometric designs are positioned on opposite sides of jar below shoulder; Area between rosettes is divided into 3 horizontal bands; Upper and lower bands contain deer with heart lines; Center band contains ducks; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.1, Rim Diam = 18.0, Max Diam = 32.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0096 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1880-1890 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large round olla or water jar with concave base, rounded sides, high shoulder, short inward-sloping neck, and wide mouth; Lower body has slight bulge marking height of puki used in construction; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; underbody and band around interior rim are slipped dark brown; Remaining exterior is slipped white; Band encircling neck of jar is divided into 2 panels, each containing 3 geometric elements in black and red; Pair of wide parallel brown lines frames lower edge of shoulder; Field below shoulder contains 2 large rosettes with red and brown geometric designs; Space between rosettes is divided into upper band of deer with heart lines and lower band of geometric designs; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.5, Rim Diam = 19.3, Max Diam = 33.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0050 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1885-1895 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Large olla or water jar with concave base, flaring sides that curve upward to high shoulder, short inward sloping neck, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and slipped deep red on underbody and rim interior, and white on remaining exterior; Wide band around neck is filled with red and black geometric designs; Pair of wide parallel black lines encircles shoulder; Area below shoulder is divided into 3 horizontal bands, containing row of male deer with heart lines in the upper and lower bands (deer in upper band are also enclosed in houses), and row of female deer in middle band; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 29.4, Rim Diam = 22.1, Max Diam = 36.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0315 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| 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. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with rounded base and rounded sides that curve inward toward rim and form a square mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is slipped red and painted with motifs of paired outlined white triangles that are pendant either from upper or lower white framing lines; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.4, Rim Diam = 12.1, Max Diam = 15.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0031A,B |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar with lid | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Pinal | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Scottsdale | |
| Maker's Name | Charles Loloma (1921-1991) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1953 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round stoneware, wheel-thrown jar with flat base and vertical sides that rise to a well-defined, rounded shoulder with an inverted rim and wide mouth; Round saucer-shaped lid with lip that fits inside mouth of jar is surmounted by deep, round bowl with flaring sides; Interior of jar and underside (lip only) of lid are glazed dark brown; Exterior of both jar and lid are unglazed and unslipped and decorated with all-over incised lines, producing geometric pattern of ridges; Signature "Charles Loloma 53" is incised on base of jar. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.9, Rim Diam = 10.3, Max Diam = 16.3 | |
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