Acoma Polychrome Jar

with concave base and high shoulder, painted in burnished orange and dark brown against a cream slip, with a series of split arcs, surmounting a pair of fine parallel bands.

Acquired from Rick Dillingham, Santa Fe, NM in 1991

"The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, Part Two: Acoma Polychrome (c. 1840-present)," American Indian Art Magazine, Winter 2012, p. 73, fig. 11

Lanmon and Harlow, 2013, The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo, fig. 24.13

Small hole filled in side; otherwise very good condition with typical wear.
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Gladys Pacquin, a potter at Laguna Pueblo, had made several copies of this jar. One is in the collection of the Indian Arts Research Center of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, NM.