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Santa Clara Pueblo Polychrome Rectangular Box with Lid by Belen Tapia - C3790D
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Jun 25th 2016, 2:31pm
Lidded boxes such as this one might have been used in ceremonial functions at Tewa and other pueblos, but there is no information published as to the manner in which they were used. Such boxes also were made for sale to non-Native persons, mostly at the request of anthropologists, who were seeking them for museum collections. Individuals also liked to collect them for use as small storage boxes.