Acoma Pueblo Small Black on White Jar [SOLD]

This small jar is significant more from the collections from which it came than the jar itself.  It originally came from the Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art. In 1916 Elizabeth Willis DeHuff’s husband, John David DeHuff, became superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Elizabeth, twenty-four years old and educated as a teacher at Barnard College in New York, quickly became interested in the art and culture of the couple’s new home, and in the students who attended the school. DeHuff began inviting boys from the school into her home for afternoon painting lessons. Students that received training included Fred Kabotie, Otis Polelonema (both Hopi Pueblo) and Velino Shije Herrera (of Zia Pueblo).

The DeHuff collection was mostly paintings, over 200 of them, but she apparently also collected pottery.  This small bowl came from the estate of Santa Fe resident Martha (Marti) Struever whose records indicate that it came from the DeHuff collection.  On the bottom of this jar is the markings Acoma N. M.

Condition: this Acoma Pueblo Small Black on White Jar is in very good condition