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Ceramics
Jar (Olla)
Zuni Pueblo artist, (active )
Zuni Pueblo artist
United States
Primary
9 1/4 x 12 in. (23.5 x 30.5 cm)
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Clay
Clay
Zuni Pueblo; made in New Mexico
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ceramics, Native American, Native American art, vessels
Ceramics
Characteristic features of Zuni pottery are: areas of parallel lines (hatching), stylized birds, and a large rosette. The line break, which is the space left by the incomplete circular painted border that separates the upper and lower sections of the jar, is called by the Zuni onane, or “road.” It is thought to represent the life of the pottery painter herself, and must be left unfinished. It may also refer to the sipapu, or mythic place of emergence from the underworld. Traditionally it is the first painted line applied to the vessel.
[Gallery label text, 1998]
1935.11
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
35.11SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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neg
4x5
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35.11DI1
digital image
full
2 x 2
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35.11SL2
slide
with 73.141 & 27.26
2 x 2
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35.11DI#2
digital image
2/19/2008
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35.11DI#3
digital image
35.11_A3.jpg
2/19/2008
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