Pottery

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pottery

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.17

Description

Property P7: Ignacia Duran, Mica Plate, Object: pottery, Artist/Maker: Duran, Ignacia (1921-2011, Tesuque Pueblo: NM), Title/Model: Eagle Feather Mica Plate, Date/Region: ca. 1990, Medium/Technique: micaceous earthenware & polychrome / coil, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 1.35" H x 8" W, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, bottom "Tesuque Duran", Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A terra cotta plate with mica (shiny flake) and a whimsical eagle feather design in the middle with a line painted just inside the lip, both in black. Artist is primarily known for making Rain God effigies.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Pueblo

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 15, 2018

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

2018.3.17 Artist Ignacia Duran Tesuque, NM Collected by Dr. Carol Getty