Pottery

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pottery

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.26

Description

Property P21: Geraldine Sandia, Red on Red Seed Pot, Object: pottery, Artist/Maker: Sandia, Geraldine (b.1950, Jemez: NM), Title/Model: Red on Red Seed Pot, Date/Region: ca. 1980 / New Mexico, Medium/Technique: earthenware, polished and unpolished slip/coil, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 2" H x 3.75" W x less than .5" opening, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, "G. Sandia", Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: The shoulder has an even pattern of pointed feathers as decoration. Sandia uses local clay and her surfaces are sanded, hand painted and stone polished before traditional outdoor firing. Her method is called two-tone polychrome. Artist made imperfections on decorative unpolished slip from air bubbles. Scratched in pencil on bottom is "To". A white paper adhesive sticker on the bottom reals "273".

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 16, 2018

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

2018.3.26 Artist Geraldine Sandia Jemez Pueblo, NM Collected by Dr. Carol Getty