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Melon jar
Helen Shupla (Native American, 1916–1985)
Native American, Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo)
1984
Object Place: Santa Clara, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with polished slip paint
Dimensions
20.32 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Alice M. Bartlett Fund
Accession Number1986.259
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBurnished spheroid shaped vessel with surface fluting. Highly polished black surface.
Signed
On base: Helen Shupla / Santa Clara / Pueblo / 10-27-84
Inscriptions
Incised in script on base: Helen Shupla/Santa Clara/Pueblo/10-27-84
Incised in script on base: Helen Shupla/Santa Clara/Pueblo/10-27-84
Provenance1986, sold by Lynn Pollock, American Indian and Other Arts, Lexington, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 1986)