Jar

Museum number:
2-38388
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1788
Description:
Ceramic, flat base, bi-lobed/spouted, polished black, handle has twisted effect, carved water serpent design. Signed "Pablita Sta Clara Pueblo $2.00" on base. Molded.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Santa Clara, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Clara
Culture or time period:
Santa Clara
Maker or artist:
Pablita Chevarria
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Wedding jar.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: LeFree, Betty, "Santa Clara Pottery Today," University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1975, p. 101, plate 13. Used in American Indian Film Project, 26-153 through 26-156.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965) and S1974-1975 #81: Mt. Diablo Unified School District (April 15, 1975–June 11, 1976)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-38388, described as Ceramic, flat base, bi-lobed/spouted, polished black, handle has twisted effect, carved water serpent design. Signed "Pablita Sta Clara Pueblo $2.00" on base. Molded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-38388, described as Ceramic, flat base, bi-lobed/spouted, polished black, handle has twisted effect, carved water serpent design. Signed "Pablita Sta Clara Pueblo $2.00" on base. Molded.

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