blackware olla (vase), Julian Martinez; Maria Martinez

Artwork Overview

Cultural affiliations: San Ildefonso
1897–1943
Cultural affiliations: San Ildefonso
1887–1980
blackware olla (vase), 1934–1943
Where object was made: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Material/technique: ceramic; paint
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 35.5 x 23 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 14 0.9764 x 9 1/16 in
Credit line: Gift from the Ward and Clyde Lockwood Collection
Accession number: 1972.0449
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Exhibition Label: “This Land,” Mar-2014, Kate Meyer Maria Martinez rekindled both the popularity and knowledge of black-on-black pottery that has been part of Pueblo culture for hundreds of years. Martinez’s husband Julian decorated examples such as this pot in patterns emulating ancient Pueblo designs.