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Storage jar
Joel McHorse (Native American, born in 1969)
Native American, Taos Pueblo
1996
Object Place: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Micaceous earthenware with micaceous slip
Dimensions
Overall: 43.2 cm (17in.)
Diam. (Overall): 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by John S. Montgomery
Accession Number1997.176
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionLarge globular storage jar with gently sloping neck and wide mouth. Warm, orange-toned tan clay with flecks of mica throughout. Four and one half inches of coiling band the neck. Dark cloudy wisps surround the base below shoulder level suggestive of raku firing.
Signed
Incised on base: J. C. Mc Horse
ProvenanceSold by the artist to Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, Santa Fe, NM; 1997, sold by Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 19, 1997)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.