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Olla (water jar)
Attributed to: Maria Garcia Melchor (Native American, about 1900–1950)
Native American, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
1900–20
Object Place: Santo Domingo, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
30.48 cm (12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marjorie and Alan Strauss
Accession Number1991.525
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSpherical form. White, black, and red paintings of five turkey-like birds around water jug body with branches of leaf and flower images between. Red underbody separated from white ground of body by two black lines.
Provenance1955, purchased in New Mexico by Alan and Marjorie Strauss, Lexington, MA; 1991, gift of Alan and Marjorie Strauss to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1991)