Zia Pueblo Large Jar with Deer Designs Attributed to Isabel Medina Toribio [R]

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Isabel Medina Toribio, Zia Pueblo Potter
  • Category: Historic
  • Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 9-¾” height x 11-⅛” diameter
  • Item # C4066A
  • Price No Longer Available

Photo Source:  by Edward S. Curtis, 1925In the comprehensive book on Zia Pueblo pottery, Harlow and Lanman present many photographs of pottery with animal designs between the years 1870 and 1930.  Comparing the deer on this jar with those published in the book does not reveal any pottery of that period with deer exactly like those here. We conclude, from this, that this jar is most likely made after 1930.  It is believed that it dates to the late 1930s, possibly as late as 1940. It is not signed with the name of the maker.

In viewing jars from the late 1930s and early 1940s, it does appear that the deer on this jar are very close to deer on jars attributed to Isabel Medina Toribio (c.1882-1940) Aitiyé. She was a very accomplished potter and artist and it is likely that she did not reproduce the exact deer image on every jar she made, but would make variations of the theme.

The round design that appears between the two panels of deer designs are also somewhat similar to those on a jar in the Zia book (see below), a jar attributed to Medina.

It is with some confidence that we attribute this jar to Isabel Medina Toribio.


Condition: Structurally, this Zia Pueblo Large Jar with Deer Designs is in excellent condition.  There is some loss of slip on the red underbody and minor abrasions in the design.

Provenance: from an elderly gentleman in Albuquerque who, with his wife, were collectors of pueblo pottery in the mid-20th century.

Reference: Harlow, Francis H. and Dwight P. Lanmon. The Pottery of Zia Pueblo. 2003

Photo Source:  by Edward S. Curtis, 1925Close up view.

 


Isabel Medina Toribio, Zia Pueblo Potter
  • Category: Historic
  • Origin: Zia Pueblo, Tsi-ya
  • Medium: clay, pigment
  • Size: 9-¾” height x 11-⅛” diameter
  • Item # C4066A
  • Price No Longer Available

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