Ceramic, round with flat base and short neck, design of indented bear paws around shoulder, polished black.
Donor:
Guy J. Giffen and Helen Smith Giffen
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:
Olojia Naranjo
Collector:
Guy J. Giffen
Collection date:
ca. 1927
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1940
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 24.3 centimeters and diameter 24.7 centimeters
Comment:
See accession envelope for letter from collector. References: LeFree, Betty, "Santa Clara Pottery Today," University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1975, p. 85.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #43: SFO Museum (May 24, 1983–December 7, 1983) and S1992-1993 #26: SFO Museum (May 26, 1993–September 10, 1993)