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Native American, Acoma Pueblo
about 1900
Object Place: Acoma, New Mexico, United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions 19.68 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Laura Andreson
Accession Number1984.628
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionCurved sides, domed bottom. Red inside rim, on foot. Body decorated with geometric designs, principally three lozenges alternating with three circles, the lozenges red and black on white, the rest black on white.
InscriptionsOn bottom: L. Andreson/ Do not take from/ PB 325/ I2
ProvenanceBetween about 1930 and 1932, acquired by Laura Andreson (b. 1902 - d. 1999), Los Angeles; 1984, gift of Laura Andreson to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 21, 1984)