Narrow mouth jar; carved blackware; round sides; band of snake with pointed tongue. Signed on base "Pablita Santa Clara Pueblo 13.00".
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:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Modern. Some incised designs were used at Piye, but are not typical; Santa Clara Blackware is fired in open. 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), S1978-1979 #12: Merritt College (WHOOPS!9, 1978–February 1, 1979), and S1982-1983 #43: SFO Museum (May 24, 1983–December 7, 1983)