Blackware, matte-polished, abstract design suggesting a flower. Molded and polished. "Marie and Santana" written on base.
Donor:
Jean Dobrzensky and Stacy Dobrzensky
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:
Santana Martinez and Maria Martinez
Collector:
Jean Dobrzensky and Stacy Dobrzensky
Collection date:
ca. 1956
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plates (general, dishes)
Production date:
1943-1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, "Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery", University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1974, p. 100. Tanner, Clara Lee, ed. "Arizona Highways Indian Arts and Crafts", Arizona Highways, Phoenix, 1976, p. 110.