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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.

Jar

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.

Jar

Date: before 1999
Attributed to: Juana Leno (1917 - 2000)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 17.1 × 22.9 cm (6 3/4 × 9 in.)
Weight: 0.9 kg (2 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Henry L. Upjohn, 1999.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1999-1-9
Not on view
DescriptionJar, Black-on-white, dark brown (black) slip painted in fine line rectangular geometric designs on a white background. Base is red; flat bottom. Dark brown rim.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit February 17-19, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 5”): This jar is made with all traditional materials. The artist, Juana Leno, in now deceased (around 2005). It is likely she made this in the later years of her life. Her daughters are Rose, Joyce, Regina and Phyllis; and her sons are Joseph Larry (Lawrence), Robert, and Albert.
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