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1977.23.35

Red ware, shallow pottery dish with a painted image of a bird in the centre of the bowl. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]

1977.23.35

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red ware, shallow pottery dish with a painted image of a bird in the centre of the bowl. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Long description
Red ware, shallow pottery dish with a painted image of a bird in the centre of the bowl. The bird is painted in white and orange and then burnished on the exterior. Impressed with the makers mark on the base, reading 'Tonita'. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Western USA New Mexico Santa Fe County San Ildefonso Pueblo
Cultural groups
San Ildefonso
Person
Maker Tonita
Field collector Donald Benjamin Harden
PRM source Donald Benjamin Harden
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1927
Date collected
By 1977
Acquisition information
Donated: 1977
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Handbuilt, Process Slipped, Process Burnished, Process Inscribed, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions
Diameter: max 154 mm, Height: max 33 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1977.23.35 Other numbers: 125
Research and responses

Purchased by donor in 1927 when he attended the fiesta at Santa Fe and visited various pueblos.

Search terms: Pottery, Writing, Vessel, Trade, Furniture Dwelling, Bowl, Inscription, House-ornament

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