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Date1780-1820
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
Object numberT0110
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis jar is a remarkable vessel, in both form and decoration. It was made at Santa Ana Pueblo, or possible at Zia, at the end of the 18th century or early in the 19th. The shape and the black and red painting on this jar are unique. The many small elements in the design would be unusual for Santa Ana and are more like Zia, although the vessel is tempered with fine sand, instead of the crushed basalt seen in most Zia pottery. The feather motifs and flagged triangles are rather similar to designs on early Ashiwi Polychrome made at Zuni. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)
ProvenancePrivate collection, California; Ray Dewey, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Al Luckett, Jr., Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." Antiques. Vol CXLVIII, no. 1, (July 1995): p.64, pl.IV.

Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.54.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.205.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 224.
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Jar
Santa Ana
c. 1830-1870
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Hohokam
900-1100
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Acoma/Laguna (Ako)
1800-1850
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Zia Pueblo
c. 1840
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Zia Pueblo
c. 1900
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Zuni Pueblo
1870-1885
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Mimbres
1000-1150
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Santa Clara Pueblo
c. 1900
Bowl
Zia Pueblo
1850-1880
Dough Bowl
Zia Pueblo
1860-1940
Jar
Santa Clara Pueblo
ca. 1915
Pot
Santa Clara Pueblo
1900-1930

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