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Melon jar
Helen Shupla (Native American, 1916–1985)
Native American, Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo)
1985
Object Place: Santa Clara, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with polished slip
Dimensions
10.16 cm (4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1985.452
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSpheroid with fluting, red slip, polished
Signed
Incised in script on base: Helen Shupla/Santa Clara/Pueblo
Provenance1985, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 1985)