Pottery

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pottery

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.31

Description

Property P29: Bertha Gachupin, Corn Stalk Seed Pot. Object: pottery, Artist/Maker: Gachupin, Bertha (b.1954, Jemez: NM), Title/Model: Corn Stalk Seed Pot, Date/Region: 1990 / New Mexico, Medium/Technique: earthenware, polychrome / coil, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 7.5" H x 5" W x 1.5" opening, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, "Bertha Gachupin," a corn stalk, "Jemez", Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: Gachupin uses clay with white sand in her earthenware. Her design is a corn stalk on front and back. Each corn stalk, one with cream background and other with burnt sienna. Arches of black on cream background are delicately patterned vertically around the corn stalks. One yellow adhesive sticker reads: "413 TO" and a white adhesive sticker read; "49".

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

2018.3.31 Artist Bertha Gachupin Jemez, NM Collected by Dr. Carol Getty