Ceramic, flat base with incurving sides, matte-polished, serpent design around upper edge. Molded, painted, and burnished. Signed "Tonita" on base.
Donor:
Marybelle Barton and Rexford W. Barton
Collection place:
San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; San Ildefonso
Culture or time period:
San Ildefonso
Maker or artist:
Tonita Martinez Roybal
Collector:
Marybelle Barton and Rexford W. Barton
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
April 22, 1971
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Peterson, Susan, "The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez", Kodansia International, Tokyo, New York, San Francsico, 1981, pp. 48, 75, 116-118, pls. 56-57.
Loans:
S1979-1980 #59: University of California, Berkeley (April 11, 1980–April 25, 1980) and S1992-1993 #26: SFO Museum (May 26, 1993–September 10, 1993)