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Olla (water jar)
Maria Lilly Salvador (Native American (Acoma), 1944)
Native American, Acoma Pueblo
1984
Object Place: Acoma, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.57 cm (9 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1984.540
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionUnglazed interior pale pink with red on inner surface of neck; red, concave base; red and brown paint on white exterior with repetitive abstract bird motif extending from neck to belly.
Signed
In slip paint on bottom: ACOMA, NM/lilly 84274
Provenance1984, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)