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Bean pot

Date: 1963

Artist or Maker: Lorencita Pino (1899 - 1986)

Dimensions:

31.8 × 34.3 cm (12 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

Medium: clay | paint

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. F.W. Hodge and Al Packard, 1963.

Place Made:

Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America

Object Number: IAF.2937

On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

DescriptionMicaceous bean pot with lid. A human face is modeled on the jar. The handles on either side are in the shape of dogs. The knob on the lid is also in the shape of a dog. The jar is the natural orange color of the clay.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Tesuque collection review visit March 9-10, 2020 (Events Record “Collection Review: Tesuque Pueblo Review 2"): This style of jar could also be called a bean pot. The artist, Laurencita Pino, is Mark Mitchell's grandmother. No further comments were made.

In Collection(s)

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

Bibliography:

All that Glitters

Santa Fe Indian Market

Pg. 92
Fig. N/A

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