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This child-size water jar was most certainly made for local use at the pueblo.  It dates to the late 1800s and, at that time, very little pottery of this style was being made for sale.  Mr. Seligman, at the Santo Domingo Trading Post at that time, purchased pottery to sell to travelers on the AT&SF train which made a daily stop in front of his trading post.  He was very particular of the quality of pottery he purchased and this one would have been too crudely painted for his tastes.

Read more about this pottery here.