vase, Maria Martinez

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Maria Martinez, vase
Maria Martinez, vase
Maria Martinez
vase
1915–1930
Maria Martinez
Cultural affiliations: San Ildefonso
1887–1980
vase, 1915–1930
Where object was made: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Material/technique: ceramic; burnishing
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 26 x 17.5 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 10 1/4 x 6 7/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Eva F. Bennett
Accession number: 2007.4631
On display: Kress Gallery
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San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez is widely credited with reinvigorating blackware pottery after archaeologist Edgar Lee Hewett sought her help recreating colors and textures observed in ancestral sherds or excavated pottery fragments. The modern aesthetic of the burnished black pots appealed to contemporary collectors and helped establish San Ildefonso as a center for Native American ceramics.
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San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez is widely credited with reinvigorating blackware pottery after archaeologist Edgar Lee Hewett sought her help recreating colors and textures observed in ancestral sherds or excavated pottery fragments. The modern aesthetic of the burnished black pots appealed to contemporary collectors and helped establish San Ildefonso as a center for Native American ceramics.

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Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027