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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0083   CAS 0370-0083; Plate
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 and highly burnished; Design band painted in matte black slip around interior rim consists of contiguous triangular units with bifurcated bases and a short negative dashed line within each, all arranged to form a whirling pattern around rim; Plate is reduction fired to black-on-black color; Signature "Marie" is very finely incised in script on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 16.7