Jug of red ware pottery with mica in the fabric, partially blackened as a result of uneven firing. Small handle on the side of the vessel. [?LMM 1991 2]

Collection type: Object
Description: Jug of red ware pottery with mica in the fabric, partially blackened as a result of uneven firing. Small handle on the side of the vessel. [?LMM 1991 2]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Western USA New Mexico Rio Arriba County Santa Clara Pueblo
Cultural groups: Pueblo; Santa Clara
Person: Field collector Donald Benjamin Harden; PRM source Donald Benjamin Harden
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1927
Date collected: 1927
Acquisition information: Donated: 1977
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Mica Stone, Process Handbuilt, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions: Width: max 78 mm, Height: max 68 mm, Diameter: max 62 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1977.23.42
Research and responses: If this is indeed a Pueblo piece it was purchased by the donor in 1927 when he attended the fiesta at Santa Fe and visited various pueblos. The piece is untypical of Pueblo pottery, but in Donald Tayler's opinion it bears some of the characteristics of Santa Clara work. [?LMM 1991 2]

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