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Santa Clara Pueblo Black Melon-ribbed Jar by Anita Suazo - C3752B
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Mar 31st 2016, 5:07pm
It is from the shape of melons that the pottery melon jar evolved. It resembles cantaloupe with its globular shape and vertical ribs. The melon jar seems to have developed at Santa Clara Pueblo with the most renown potters Helen Shupla and Angela Baca being the ones who specialized in making them. Other potters followed the tradition.
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