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| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0283 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Cylindrical jar with flat base, rounded lower body and constricted neck with everted, scalloped rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior and interior of rim are covered with red slip and burnished; Black painted designs on exterior consist of two bands of solid triangles pendant from encircling lines, one around neck and one at midlevel height; Triangles on lower band have open circles at their apexes and those in upper band have U-shaped hooks; Solid black line outlines jar's lip; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.8, Rim Diam = 10.6, Max Diam = 11.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0200 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature round jar with flat base; Rounded lower body; High shoulder, and wide constricted neck with flaring rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of neck and entire exterior are coated with red slip and highly polished; Black painted designs on exterior include rectilinear fret around neck (between narrow upper and lower framing lines), with a narrow squiggly line below it, and a band of solid, contiguous triangles just below the shoulder; Solid black line outlines rim; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.5, Rim Diam = 3.8, Max Diam = 5.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0430 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, round body, and very short neck with slightly everted rim and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and entire exterior are covered with red slip and polished, but otherwise undecorated; Signature "Mary Juan" is painted in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.5, Rim Diam = 12.2, Max Diam = 19.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0345 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1933 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, rounded sides on lower body rising to midlevel height shoulder, then forming wide but short and constricted neck with slightly everted rim and wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and upper half of exterior are covered with red slip and burnished; Lower half of exterior is covered with buff-colored slip; Black painted designs include band of solid black triangles encircling neck and similar band encircling shoulder; Rectilinear fret, straight line and squiggly lines encircle jar above or below bands of triangles; Solid black line outlines lip; Signature "Mary Juan" is painted in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.6, Rim Diam = 8.8, Max Diam = 14.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0373 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature round jar with slightly concave base, rounded lower body, very high shoulder, and short constricted neck with flaring rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior of neck and entire exterior are coated with red slip and highly polished; Black painted designs on exterior include a narrow squiggly line around the upper shoulder (between narrow upper and lower framing lines), a band of solid black triangles evenly spaced and pendant from the lower framing line, and a negative zigzag line below the band of triangles; Solid black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.5, Rim Diam = 4.4, Max Diam = 5.8 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0493 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Cylindrical jar with flat base, rounded sides, and very short and slightly constricted neck; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and lower 2/3 of exterior are coated with red slip, while upper 1/3 of exterior is coated with tan slip; Painted design on exterior includes band of small black triangles between framing lines around neck and series of parallel zigzag lines that encircle shoulder of jar; Wide "W" motif is repeated 3 times around midsection of jar; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.9, Rim Diam = 7.8, Max Diam = 11.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0374 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Pitcher | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature pitcher with flat base and cylindrical body; Edge of rim flares out on one side to form spout; Wide flattened handle rises above rim and is attached opposite spout and on lower side of the pitcher; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Interior of rim and entire exterior are burnished; Black painted designs on exterior consist of narrow encircling line just below rim and parallel squiggly line just below it, followed by band of contiguous triangles with curved hook at the base of each one; Solid black line outlining rim continues down along outer edges of handle; Rectilinear zigzag extends down length of handle; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.8, Width = 5.0, Max Diam = 3.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0344 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Pitcher | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1895-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigments | |
| Description | Cylindrical pitcher with flat base, rounded lower body, and tall tapering neck with everted rim; Flattened handle attached to rim and to lower body has 4 modeled faces (with black eyes and red noses) along its length; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior and interior of rim are slipped red and burnished; Black design on exterior consists of 4 vertical panels on lower body, each with central rectangle outlined by large chevrons; Series of parallel encircling lines and diagonal columns of solid black squares fill the wide neck band; Short squiggly lines encircle lip. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.8, Depth = 16.5, Rim Diam = 8.8, Max Diam = 11.6 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0274 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Vase | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1895-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round vase flat base, globose body, and tall straight neck with flaring rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Exterior is possibly coated with pale reddish brown slip; Painted design on sides of vase below base of neck consists of series of parallel zigzag lines that start at base and rise to base of neck, with some of the angles filled in as solid triangles; Traces of a narrow band on exterior of neck just below rim shows parallel vertical lines extending down from rim; Vase is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Rim Diam = 5.5, Max Diam = 9.4 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1820 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Vase | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base and rounded lower body whose side rise to midlevel shoulder and then form tapering cylindrical neck with slightly everted rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior of rim and entire exterior are covered with red slip and polished; Black painted design includes band of solid triangles around neck and similar band around shoulder; Triangles in lower band have curved pendant hooks; Rectilinear fret and straight line encircle jar above each band of triangles; Solid black line outlines lip; Signature "Mary Juan" is painted in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.2, Rim Diam = 4.6, Max Diam = 11.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0617 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Ceremonial Items; Musical Instruments | |
| Object Name | Rattle | |
| Culture | Plains, possibly | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma, possibly | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Wood; Gourd; Glass beads; Leather; Feathers; Cotton string; Thread | |
| Description | Rattle with wooden handle wrapped end to end with beaded thread; Beaded design consists of multicolored zigzag lines and geometric shapes in blue, yellow, white, red, pink, green and black on a background of multifaceted dark blue beads; One end of handle inserted into gourd; Small string wrapped stick inserted to top to which dyed feather have been affixed; Braided leather fringe extends from bottom. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.7, Length = 41.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0173 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pojoaque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Pojoaque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Miniature round jar with rounded base, very low shoulder, and inward sloping sides that rise to a very short neck and narrow mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is coated with white slip, burnished and painted with 2 bands of contiguous black triangles with pendant dots on all sides; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.7, Rim Diam = 3.3, Max Diam = 6.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0170 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pojoaque Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | Pojoaque Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Miniature round jar with flat base, very low shoulder, and sides that slope inward as they rise from the base to a narrow mouth with a flaring rim; 2 perforated loop handles are attached opposite each other just below the rim on the sides; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is coated with a white slip, burnished, and painted with a black geometric design that includes band of open rectangles around lower sides and open triangles with tick marks on upper sides between handles; Series of short tick marks decorates the interior rim; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.6, Rim Diam = 3.7, Max Diam = 6.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0748 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Plant material | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 17.0, Width = 15.5, Length = 17.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0739 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Ukiah area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include wide and steeply angled zigzag band that starts on base and continues up over the lower sides; Small, isolated triangles encircle the upper sides. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “lightning†design. She also attributed this basket to the Ukiah area.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.3, Width = 10.5, Rim Diam = 8.9, Length = 13.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0736 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | Porter Valley area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) feathers | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and curving sides that taper in slightly at rim; Coiled on a 3-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 2 rectilinear fret bands on base, 4 vertical rectilinear fret motifs on each long side; And column of stacked U-shaped motifs at each short end; Red woodpecker crest feathers, spaced approx. 1 cm apart, are woven into the wefts along the final 12 coils. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “worm†design which was used by her aunt. She also attributed this basket to the Porter Valley area.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.2, Width = 12.2, Rim Diam = 16.6, Length = 20.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0764 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Ukiah area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) feathers; Clam shell (Saxidomus nutalli) beads | |
| Description | Small round basket with wide flat base and rounded sides that curve inward toward rim; Woven in coiling technique over 3-rod foundation; Designs include radiating sun burst pattern on base, 9 quail topknot feather motifs arranged in 2 rows around sides, and series of alternating dark and light segments around rim; Shell disk bead is tied to rim atop each dark segment in the final coil and entire side of basket is decorated with red acorn woodpecker feather placed approx. every 0.5 cm. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay attributed this basket to the Ukiah area.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.0, Rim Diam = 9.6, Max Diam = 14.6 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0757 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Cotton string | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 3 multi-lined checkered bands (insect pathways) that start on base and rise diagonally to rim; Single and paired triangles and segments of terraced, diagonal zigzag lines fill intervening spaces; Cotton string "handle" is threaded through rim at opposite ends. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay attributed this basket to Lake County.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.5, Width = 14.2, Rim Diam = 11.1, Length = 17.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0758 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Designs in redbud include band of solid triangles pointing upward on lower sides and second band of triangles pointing downward from rim, forming a negative zigzag band around sides. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “sunflower†design.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.2, Rim Diam = 5.6, Max Diam = 8.7 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0761 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | Mission Lakeport area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown (probably the same weaver as CAS 0370-0819) | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) feathers; California quail (Callipepla californica) top knot feathers | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 4 motifs of stacked terraced diamonds (1 small, 1 large) beginning on base and extending up to rim; Design identified as a snake design by noted Pomo basketweaver, Mabel Mckay; Red woodpecker feathers and black quail topknot feathers decorate upper sides. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “snake†design, inspired by a dream. She also attributed this basket to the Mission Lakeport area, and thought it was probably woven by the same person who wove CAS 0370-0819.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.1, Width = 8.5, Rim Diam = 11.2, Length = 13.8 |
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