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Object Number
2000.4.12
Display Title
Olla
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Olla
Object Description
Polychrome olla with parrots, diamonds, paired feathers, paired coves, arcs, rain, elongated leaves and yucca. White, black, orange, red and pink. Interior red-slipped for a few inches below the rim, with green ink-like stains. Red-slipped, concave base. Broken and restored.
Inventory Description
Jar, olla, polychrome parrot, rain, yucca and geometric designs on buff, mended
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Acoma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Mexico
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<County>
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<City>
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Pueblo of Acoma
Materials
Clay, Slip, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 24 x 24 cm (8 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Acoma/N. M.; 2000.4.12, Acoma N. M.
Credit Line
Gift of Sara G. Seagrave
Provenance
Collector
Caroline G. Rosetta
(Spring 1971)
Donor
Sara G. Seagrave
(Spring 1971 - 2/7/2000)
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