Voluminous Acoma Pueblo Jar with Restricted Neck [R]

Marie Z. Chino was certainly one of the Acoma potters who made particularly important contributions to the art of pottery making in the period following World War II. Chino was making pottery as early as the 1920s. Some of her pieces were among the prizewinners at the first Southwest Indian Fair in 1922.

Chino is considered one of the significant ceramicists at Acoma and was the matriarch of a very talented family of potters. She was one of the women who was inspirational in the movement to revive the use of ancient Mimbres designs on contemporary Acoma pottery.

This jar was constructed in a shape similar to a gourd, providing a wide canvas for the design. The potter did not divide the design area in bands or sections, rather she left it as one open area in which she could and did place an unencumbered design over the entire vessel.

Three parrots constitute the central focus of the design. Each one is enclosed in a chain of kite-shape elements from which sprout floral designs.

Condition: The jar is in marvelous condition except for one spall area about 3/8" diameter. It may be viewed by checking the additional photographs section.