Zia Pueblo Jar with Kiva Step Cutout [SOLD]

Elizabeth Medina could possibly be listed as a potter from Jemez Pueblo because that is where she was born.  When she married Marcellius Medina of Zia Pueblo in 1978, she moved to Zia and received permission from Zia Elders to make pottery in the Zia style.  Her teacher was Sofia Medina, her new mother-in-law.  Because she has been at Zia Pueblo and has made pottery in the Zia style most of her adult life, she is referenced as a Zia potter and most properly so.

This jar is typically Zia with a modern twist, that is, the cutout section of the rim.  All of the materials and methods of pottery production followed Zia tradition, but the artist added her own technique in cutting out a section of the rim.  The potter's name appears just below the lower framing line near the bottom of the jar in the fashion started by Sofia Medina. 

Condition:  original condition with some abrasion of the brown paint at the rim.

Provenance: from the Katherine H. Rust collection

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