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This polychrome olla qualifies as an exceptional work of art. The vessel shape is as near perfect as one would expect. The high shoulder provided room for a large area on the main body for the artist to express her artistic talent.

As is traditional at Acoma, the jar was formed in native clay with ground pottery shard temper, has a rag-wiped white slip, red neck interior, and red-slipped underbody with concave base. The point of maximum diameter is as near the equator of the jar as one could calculate.

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