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Laguna and Acoma Pueblos are relatively close to Gallup, New Mexico, and potters from those villages have always participated in the Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial's arts and crafts fair held annually in August. 

It is quite likely that a Laguna potter decided to increase her chances of a sale at the Ceremonial by making her dish a Gallup souvenir of that's year's event.  It is amazing that this dish has survived without any damage for over a hundred years.

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