Ceramic, flat base, two handles with twined effect, polished black. Molded. Signed on base "Legoria Sta Clara Pueblo".
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
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:
Legoria Tafoya
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Twined weaving
Production date:
1940
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 23.5 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee, ed. "Arizona Highways Indian Arts and Crafts," Arizona Highways, Phoenix, 1968, p. 100. LaFree, Betty, "Santa Clara Pottery Today," University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1975, p. 103, plate 23.