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Historic Zia Pueblo Polychrome Scallop Rim Jar - 24707
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, Aug 2nd 2016, 1:32pm
This is an exceptional small Zia Pueblo olla that dates to the early 20th Century (1910-1920). It is coil formed from native clay with the addition of crushed basaltic lava as a tempering agent.
The underbody is stone-polished, with the ubiquitous (until 1930) red banding at the top of the under body. The neck interior is red-slipped to the upper shoulder, just below the scalloped rim, which shows evidence of having been painted in black mineral pigments. The upper body is white-slipped and stone-polished, with black and red mineral pigment design motifs. The underbody is concave.
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