This water jar of classic Pueblo shape by Marcellus and Elizabeth Toya Medina, a husband and wife team, illustrates both the old and the new. Circling the jar, in the background, are depictions of traditional masked Kachinas who perform in religious ceremonies. Bursting into dance in front of these figures are naturalistic, muscled, male Pueblo dancers in very active dance positions, also wearing traditional regalia.

The paint is brown, green, red, white, black, blue, and orange.

The paint is red and black. The glaze is clear.

Bulbous cream-coloured vase with flared neck, decorated in dark blue and purple designs. One side depicts a shield, in which the bottom is half blue and half cream and the top half features three blue fleurs-de-lis. The other side has an abstract design encircled by a purple vine-like line with blue circles. The vase’s neck and base are also decorated with rings of vine-like patterns.

Short pedestal dish with white base. The imagery on the dish is divided into four quadrants decorated with geometric blue and white designs. Sections opposite one-another have the same pattern. Two have cross-hatched wavy and straight lines and the other two have a diamond-like pattern with crosses at each of the diamonds’ points. At the centre is a green circle with the initials VHS and two star-like designs in orange. The dish is encircled by a thick blue rim.

Large brown stoneware jar; barrel-shaped body with a narrow neck and wider lip. Dark brown, shiny glaze that stops just above the base. Incised line design on two sides. Painted mark (signature?) on base.

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund