Ceramic, flat base, polished black, carved bear paw design alternating with geometric figure. Signed on base "Pablita, Santa Clara Pueblo $12.00". 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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.7 centimeters and height 16.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: 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.