A. Augustus Healy Fund

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NATIVE AMERICAN PUEBLO POTTERY
Pottery making was practiced in the southwestern United States for at least two thousand years. Zuni and Cochiti potters created the three vessels here: two water jars and one drum jar, which would have had a hide stretched over the top for beating with drumsticks. Historically, women were the potters, collecting their own clays, coiling and finishing each pot by hand, and firing the pieces in open fires.

Pots were often traded and exchanged between pueblos, so that new ideas were constantly being generated. During the 1880s the advent of the railroad brought an influx of trading posts and tourists into the Southwest and entrepreneurial potters began selling to the non-Native market. Today, both male and female potters continue to form traditional works as well as generate exciting new forms of Pueblo pottery.

Small bowl with kachina design in bottom.

This small bowl has a white background with a red rim and the figure of a kachina in the center. The Hopi visit 1997 identified the figure as Hihie Mana.

AMEC Analysis:Part: NeckOne white porcelain fragment from the base of an unknown object. Clear glazed. Brown accretions on top, bottom and exposed ceramic. L. Penttila 2/22/2010

AMEC Analysis: Part: Base Paste: Earthenware, other Decoration Type: Hand Painted Pattern: Floral Polychrome Comments: This vessel has a Maker's Mark, however it is illegible. One stoneware bowl. Stamped decoration includes scalloped red and green floral pattern. Gilt hand painted on rim. Maker's Mark: ENGLAND W.H. GRINDLEY & CO. Crazing and brown discoloration that has penetrated glaze on interior and exterior. J. Dougherty 12/03/2009

AMEC Analysis: Part: Base Pattern: Featheredge Date Range: 1880 to 1918 Comments: This vessel was manufactured in the later period of Hapsburg Austria, indicating an age range of 1880 to 1918. One clear glazed porcelain tea cup fragment. Gilding on handle and just below rim on exterior of cup. Maker's Mark: M.Z. AUSTRIA Beginning portion of "AUSTRIA" is missing, though Maker's Mark is still identifiable. Small crack on body near handle. Brown discolorations near handle. J. Dougherty 12/09/2009

AMEC Analysis: Part: Body Paste: Hotel ware Functional Classification: Domestic Comments: This piece consists of two contiguous fragments. Two clear glazed earthenware platter fragments that cross mend. Smaller fragment labeled 45KI765/P9-67a, larger fragment labeled 45KI765/P9-67b. Brown and orange discoloration on top and bottom surfaces. Large chip from bottom of rim. J. Dougherty 12/17/2009.