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Zuni Pueblo Child Size Olla with White Underbody, circa 1880s - C3654D
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, Jul 5th 2016, 3:56pm
It appears that small jars, such as this one, that are totally slipped in white clay date to the late 1800s. No specific dates are provided in Harlow and Lanmon's book entitled The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo but examples of small pottery vessels with white slip are dated in the 1880-1890 decade, when illustrated in the book. We are therefore dating this jar circa 1880s.
The bottom of the vessel is slightly rounded with no concave depression. The rim rolls out from the neck and is painted brown. The entire vessel was slipped in white clay and decorated with mineral brown and red colors. Red is at a minimum on the body of the jar but appears in abundance in the neck design.