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Olla (water jar)
Native American, Zia Pueblo
1890–1900
Object Place: Zia, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
25.72 cm (10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1987.423
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRed with concave base. Side decorated with feather and rainbow motif in orange, sienna and black on cream-colored slip ground. Black rings border rim of mouth and lower edge of cream-colored ground. Smoke marks of firing and some rubbing of decoration is pervasive. Condition of jar undamaged, uncracked and not chipped.
Marks
Within base modern paper tag notes: "Zia c. 1890."
Old paper label on side bears illegible inscription.
Old paper label on side bears illegible inscription.
ProvenancePossibly Frank Lang, Taos, NM. 1987, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1987)