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Olla (water jar)
Robert Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo, born in 1950)
Native American, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
about 1993
Object Place: Santo Domingo, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1cm (9 1/2 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 24.1cm (9 1/2 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 24.1cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Morley
Accession Number1993.672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionGeometric painting in three bands. Neck band has black "U" shapes falling off a white rim bank on red ground. Body band has black hexogon shapes interspaced with small black house shapes. Lower band has red- rimmed, black scallops on a white ground. Inside neck repeats black scallops on white band.
Signed
On lower vessel body: [seven stars in curved line] / Robert Tenorio
Marks
On base: Santo / Domingo / Pueblo
Provenance1993, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.