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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Vase

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Vase

Date: before 1973
Artist or Maker: Stella Teller (b. 1929)
Dimensions:
26.5 x 20 cm (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Betty and Luke Vortman, 2010.
Object Number: SAR.2010-2-29
Not on view
DescriptionPolychrome vase; white slipo with red and black painted geometric decoration. The design is a storm design and includes bird and cloud imagery, and rain lines (hatching). Interior is white.
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"): This is an early example of Stella Teller’s work. She began with commercial cast slip ware and eventually moved on to using traditional natural clays and slips. The design is an abstract thunderbird design. This vase is a cast slip vase. The black paint is commercial, and the red slip is natural. This vase was kiln fired.
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