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Olla (water jar)
Possibly by: Ignacita Suina (active about 1915–about 1930s)
Native American, Cochiti Pueblo
about 1920s
Object Place: Cochiti, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 31.1cm (12 1/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 31.1cm (12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds doanted by the Fraser Family Foundation
Accession Number1993.175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSpherical body with short, slightly flaring neck. Majority of body ground is white slipped; the balance at the base is red slipped. Neck band is decorated with black zig-zag with negative eye-shapes between. The body image is a configuration of symbols with the whirlwind (swastika) at center, flanked by arrows, clouds, parallel lines, and triangles. This configuration is repeated once.
ProvenanceSaid to have been acquired in Cochiti Pueblo by a private collector, Dixon, NM [see note]. By 1983, Barbara Ardizone, Encore Antiques, Philadelphia; 1993, sold by Encore Antiques to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)
NOTE: He is said to have installed Westinghouse machinery for the Pueblos.
NOTE: He is said to have installed Westinghouse machinery for the Pueblos.