Acoma Pueblo Small Round Seed Jar [SOLD]

Barbara Hayah Cerno (b.1951) and Merle Joseph Martin Cerno (b.1947) are a husband and wife team who sign their pottery B. J. Cerno.  They make some of the largest contemporary Acoma pottery being produced today.  They also have made some of the smallest, such as this seed jar.  On large water jars, they often decorate with a parrot theme, but on small seed jars they generally use Mimbres designs.

This small seed jar is covered in Mimbres creatures.  It is signed B. J. Cerno and dated 12-84. 

Condition:  structurally the jar is in original condition.  There is some staining to the white slip on the underside from removal of masking tape but no slip is missing.

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf