Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.
Jar
Date: c. 1986
Artist or Maker: Stella Teller (b. 1929)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 10.2 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.)
Weight: 0.3 kg (0.65 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints | turquoise
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Marie Byrne, 2005.
Object Number: SAR.2005-20-66
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Isleta collection review visit May 2 3, 2022 (Events Record “Collection Review: Isleta Collection Review 2"): The artist, Stella Teller, believes she made this jar sometime in the 1980’s. It is hand formed using natural clays and decorated with natural slips. The exterior is stone polished, and the design includes rain and lightning motifs and a Kokopelli figure. The turquoise stone is inset. The gray color was achieved by combining cobalt and the white clay.
In Collection(s)
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