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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-313804

Description

Cylindrical vessel with lid. Black burnished glaze with abstract feather designs around body. Lid patterned with abstract cloud design. Black unglazed interior.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vessels (containers)
earthenware
Vessel
Vessel

Inscription

"Tonita" (Black ink)

Associated Building

Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Roybal, Tonita Martinez (Native American ceramicist, 1892-1945) (Artist)

Location of Origin

New Mexico

Dimensions

5 1/8 (H), 4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3727AB

Places

Probably San Ildefonso Pueblo (Santa Fe county, New Mexico)

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