The artist dug the clay, added temper, made it pliable with the addition of water. A puka helped form the bottom to which coils of clay were mounted. Its design was conceived to harmonize with the shape of the jar.
All without identification of the maker.
| Description | The artist dug the clay, added temper, made it pliable with the addition of water. A puka helped form the bottom to which coils of clay were mounted. Its design was conceived to harmonize with the shape of the jar. All without identification of the maker. |
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| About the Artist | High atop the sheer sided 350-foot high Sky City in New Mexico, potters produce renowned Acoma pottery with thin walls, decorated with exquisite fine line work as well as curvilinear pictographic polychrome designs. |
| Culture | American Indian, Women Artists |
| Medium | Hand-coiled polychrome pottery |
| Size | 5" height X 8" maximum diameter |
| Signed | No |
| Date of creation | Circa 1955 |
| Condition | Excellent to good, due to 3 limestone pops on outer surface |
| Provenance | Ro Du |