Photograph by Peter Gabriel Studio. Copyright 2020-2021 Peter Gabriel Studio.
Jar
Date: 1920-1925
Attributed to: Juanita Johnson (b. 1883 or 1891)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: H: 15.2 × Dia: 29.2 cm (H: 6 × Dia: 11 1/2 in.)
Weight: 1.1 kg (2.5 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Carlos Vierra, 1925.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.374
On view
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit June 3-5, 2015 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo, Review 2”): The shape of the rim is caused by the pot being wet and the rim caving in as it was drying. The participants did not feel that the rim form was intentional but rather something that happened by mistake and the artist decided it to leave it.This jar could have possibly been made by someone related to Joyce Antonio. Some of the Antonios are known to make pottery shaped in this form. Joyce is the great granddaughter of Juanita Johnson. It was mentioned that Joyce and Juanita look very similar.
Some participants felt that the term “polychrome” should only refer to pots that have more than black and white in the design and not including the color of the base. If a jar is orange or red on the bottom, as Acoma jars typically are, and has a design of black on white it should be referred to as a black on white design/pot.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo
- Pg. 446
- Fig. 25.45
Santa Fe Indian Market
- Pg. 91
- Fig. N/A
Revivals! Diverse Traditions
- Pg. 231
- Fig. N/A
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