Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.
Vase
Date: 1961
Artist or Maker: Anita Lowden (1930-1979)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 29.2 × 17.8 × 23.5 cm (11 1/2 × 7 × 9 1/4 in.)
Weight: 1.1 kg (2.35 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Bequest of Bettina Steinke Blair and Don A. Blair; received at IARC in 2001.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2001-2-3
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit September 4, 2015 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo, Review 3”): The design was drawn/invented by the artist’s husband, Albert Lowden. Anita, The artist, would then put Albert’s designs on her pieces. The legs of the bird are similar to a centipede. The clay has a yellowish tint to it. The white slip has come off on several areas of the vase.
Anita Lowden, the artist, comes from a family of potters. Her mother is Jessie C. Garcia. Her sister is Stella (Garcia) Shutiva. Both are master potters as well. Anita is Donna Chino’s oldest aunt on her father’s side.
According to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit February 26-27, 2019 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 12”): Vases likely came into production as a tourist trade item. The vase form may be an influence from other cultures. Vases are still being made and used today at Acoma in both traditional natural and commercial materials.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo
- Pg. 459
- Fig. 25.55
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