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San Ildefonso large pottery bowls are among the scarcest items made at the pueblo. One rarely sees them. Water jars or ollas are much more available. This bowl was coil formed from native clay and slipped with bentonite (Cochiti variety) that required only rag polishing as opposed to the pre-1900 San Ildefonso slip that required stone polishing. The use of bentonite slip and a red rim are clues to the period of the bowl, which is around 1905-1910.

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