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Pottery making at Ohkay Owingeh - San Juan Pueblo almost died out around 1900 except for a few women who made pottery for their own use.  There was no market for these rather plain undecorated vessels.  It is believed that this jar dates to around 1900 or a little earlier.  The upper two-thirds of the jar was slipped with red clay and the lower one-third was left in the natural, un-slipped, tan clay of the full vessel that was stone polished without the addition of red slip.

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