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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 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0019 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Sikyatki revival style round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is burnished; Design band around upper exterior sides is divided into 6 panels with 3 black geometric motifs each repeated twice; Solid black line outlines lip; Single stylized black feather motif is painted on interior center; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.7, Rim Diam = 17.3, Max Diam = 21.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0020 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | House model | |
| Culture | Jemez Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Jemez Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Model of a rectangular 2-room pueblo-style house with small courtyard in front; Front and side exterior walls, interior walls, outdoor bread oven, and rooftop chimney are covered with off-white slip; Rooftop, exterior back wall, interior floor, and base are covered with brick red slip; Cutout window and doorway on front wall and cutout window on side wall are all painted brick-red; cutout window on back wall is painted off-white; Door of outdoor bread oven and top of rooftop chimney are trimmed in black; First interior room contains corner fireplace; Exposed ends of vigas on front and bunches of chile ristras (one on front and two on side exterior walls) are all painted brick-red; House model is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.8, Width = 11.5, Depth = 9.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0021 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (elephant) | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Teresita Romero | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | 3-dimensional modeled figurine of an elephant shown in seated (?) position; Exterior surface is scraped smooth; Underside is covered with red slip while sides and top of figurine are covered with cream-colored slip; Elephant's ears, eyes, and front hooves are painted black and a black geometric design extends down its back; Figurine is truncated in middle of its body, with the rear portion not depicted; Small incised hole on each side of figure's head and pair of larger holes at distal end suggest figurine may have been intended as a whistle; Figurine is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.6, Width = 5.0, Length = 9.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0022 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with flat base and rounded sides that curve inward at rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, coated with pale orange slip, and lightly burnished; Design band around upper sides on exterior is divided into 4 panels and decorated with 2 different black geometric motifs, each of which is repeated twice; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.8, Rim Diam = 8.6, Max Diam = 11.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0023 |  |
| 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 | Zoe Jamon (ca. 1896-1963 or 1973) (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | Seated owl figurine with flat base, globose body, and outstretched wings and tail; Beak and ears are modeled; Exterior is scraped smooth, slipped white, and painted with feather pattern in black; Beak, eyes, and ears are accented with red paint; Figurine is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.6, Width = 15.3, Depth = 14.9 | |
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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 0370-0025 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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) and Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (1922-1993) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Low and squat wheel-thrown round bowl with flat base, flaring sides and wide shoulder that curves inward to narrow diameter mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is covered with thick, white glaze; Upper half of exterior is covered with pale yellow matte glaze and painted with band of contiguous black triangles around rim and similar band just below shoulder; Small opposing, terraced triangles that are pendant from the rim or shoulder bands are positioned around the neck, forming a repetitive, negative design motif; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.4, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 17.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0026 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with shallow concave base, rounded sides, and inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is coated with dark, brick-red slip; Exterior is coated with a tan slip and lightly polished; Pictorial story line including two people and a goat, saguaro cactus, and rain cloud and lightning over mountains is repeated twice in continuous band around exterior side of bowl; Rim is outlined by heavy black line; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.3, Rim Diam = 5.8, Max Diam = 7.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0028 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base, flaring lower body, high shoulder, and inward sloping upper body; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior and interior of rim are covered with dark rust brown slip; Wide encircling line with pendant L-shaped hooks is carved around upper sides on exterior; Carved design is painted with matte gray slip and remaining exterior surfaces are highly burnished; "Katherine Vigil, Tesuque" is written in pencil on paper label attached to base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.3, Rim Diam = 11.8, Max Diam = 20.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0029 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (turtle) | |
| Culture | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Lela Naranjo Gutierrez (1874-1969), Van Gutierrez (ca. 1870-1956) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Modeled figurine of a turtle with its head and feet extended out; Exterior surfaces are scraped smooth, covered with tan slip, and lightly burnished; Cloud and rain and other geometric designs are painted in red, black, and white colors on the turtle's back; Facial features and feet are highlighted in black; Signature "Lela / Van" is printed in black slip on base. Lela and Van Gutierrez were husband and wife and the parents of Margaret and Luther Gutierrez and the grandparents of Paul Gutierrez and his wife Dorothy Gutierrez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS pottery collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.1, Width = 8.0, Length = 11.5 | |
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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 0370-0031A,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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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 0370-0033 |  |
| 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 globose body and modeled wings, tail, ears, beak and feet; Large round hole in figurine below tail to aid in construction; Exterior is scraped smooth and slipped white; Body area is painted in all-over dark brown feather pattern; Open beak and feet are painted red and eyes are outlined in red; Figurine is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.2, Width = 9.3, Depth = 9.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0034 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| 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. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, slightly above midlevel shoulder, and inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and exterior sides are highly burnished; Design band around upper sides on exterior is painted in matte gray and brick red and consists of terraced unit and pair of feather-like units; Entire motif is repeated 4 times between upper and lower gray framing lines; "Catherine" and original purchase price of $5.00 are written in pencil on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.8, Rim Diam = 10.3, Max Diam = 15.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0035 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Deep round jar with flat base; Flaring sides that rise to a high shoulder, narrow inward-sloping neck, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Entire exterior and interior only of rim are polished; Wide design band around upper exterior sides is divided into 4 panels and decorated with two alternating geometric motifs in black, all framed above and below by wide and narrow framing lines; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.5, Rim Diam = 10.7, Max Diam = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0036 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Santa Ana Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Santa Ana Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Eudora L. Montoya (ca. 1905-?), possibly | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Round olla-shaped jar with flat, small diameter base, sides that flare upward to a high rounded shoulder, then curve inward before rising to form a short neck, and a wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with red slip; Wide band on exterior extending from rim down to just above underbody is slipped white and its upper and lower limits are edged in black; Band of contiguous red triangles outlined in black encircles rim; Geometric motif consisting of two large "E" shapes (1 pointing left, 1 pointing right) with open triangle between them is repeated 4 times around mid-section of jar; Jar is unsigned, but was possibly made by Eudora Montoya as a demonstration piece for Dr. Florence Hawley Ellis, a noted archaeologist in New Mexico who supported Montoya's pottery making over a period of many years. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.0, Rim Diam = 10.5, Max Diam = 16.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0037 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Hopi-Tewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (ca. 1900-1987) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigments | |
| Description | Round jar with flat base, flaring lower sides, high shoulder, and short neck; Rim form is slightly everted with rounded lip; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is burnished; Interior of rim and rectangular area around mouth are painted red; 4 painted black bat wing patterns are pendant from red rectangular area that encircles and overlaps rim; Overall design is framed below by wide black line; Signature "Fannie Nampeyo" is painted in black block letters on base. Fannie Polacca Nampeyo was the daughter of Nampeyo, the mother of Elva Nampeyo, Tonita Hamilton and Iris Youvella Nampeyo, the aunt of Rachel Namingha Nampeyo, and the grandmother of Adelle Lalo Nampeyo, Carla Claw Nampeyo and Wallace Youvella, Jr., all of whose works are also represented in the CAS pottery collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.8, Rim Diam = 9.3, Max Diam = 16.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0039 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Figurine (owl) | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Damacia Cordero ( ca. 1905-ca. late 1980s) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Natural pigments | |
| Description | 3-dimensional modeled figurine in form of an owl in standing position with its wings drawn in at its sides; Exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and covered with cream-colored slip, except for base which is covered with red slip; Feet, wings, tail, ears, eyes, and beak are painted black and remaining surface is painted with short straight and crescent-shaped lines to represent feathers; Figurine is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.3, Width = 8.6, Depth = 6.9 |
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