Polychrome Olla from Acoma Pueblo, circa 1940s [SOLD]

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Potter Once Known
  • Category: Modern
  • Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 8-3/4” tall x 10-1/4” diameter
  • Item # C3456A
  • SOLD

The Acoma Pueblo jar has a strong design of four distinct patterns, each in a triangular section.  The top and bottom designs are black-on-white and the side-by-side designs are rendered in polychrome. There are three of the large design sections, each divided by a vertical strip of small black triangles on a white background.

 

Condition: very good condition with professional repairs to two one-inch long vertical rim cracks.  The pottery jar has a strong ring to the sound.

Provenance: from a family collection in Colorado

Recommended Reading: Acoma & Laguna Pottery by Rick Dillingham 

 

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Potter Once Known
  • Category: Modern
  • Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 8-3/4” tall x 10-1/4” diameter
  • Item # C3456A
  • SOLD

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