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Historic Twentieth Century Acoma Jar with Tularosa Design - C3642H
Acoma Pueblo potters have claimed the inherited right to use designs of the earlier Puebloan groups that lived in the early Southwest. The designs of particular striking beauty are those appropriated by 20th-century Acoma potters and referred to as Tularosa Black-on-white. The Tularosa vessels date from A.D.1100 to 1250.
Acoma potters have been particularly involved with the use of these designs since the late 19th century.
The Tularosa Basin is located in the area east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, mostly in Otero County. It lies between the Sacramento Mountains to the east and the San Andres and Oscura Mountains to the west. Notable features of the Tularosa Basin are White Sands National Monument, Trinity Site, and the Carrizozo lava flows.