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Olla
| Object Number: | NA8654 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pueblo Acoma Keresan |
| Provenience: | New Mexico Acoma Pueblo |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 1890-1915 |
| Early Date: | 1890 |
| Late Date: | 1915 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Clay |
| Technique: | Acoma Polychrome |
| Iconography: | Geometric Motif |
| Height: | 31.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 35 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918 |
Description
Acoma Polychrome. Concave base, turnip-shaped body, contracting neck. Pottery. Red bottom. Geometric decoration in orange, red, and black on cream slip; black solid, hatched, and cross-hatched design; red and orange checkerboard.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Beauty from the Earth: Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (10 Nov 1990 - 29 Dec 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Brody, Jacob J. 1990. Beauty from the Earth. Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 97, Cat. No. 82 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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