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Olla (water jar)
Pablita Concho (Native American, about 1900–about 1990)
Native American, Acoma Pueblo
1985
Object Place: Acoma, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
15.24 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1985.449
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRepeating geometric design with black and white slip. Red slip bottom. Bulbous form.
Signed
Painted on base: Acoma [with symbol of a small feather]
In pen on base: Pablilta Concho
In pen on base: Pablilta Concho
Provenance1985, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 1985)