Signed: "Potter Sofia Medina decorator Rafael Medina".

Gift of Ingeborg de Beausacq

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.

Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Bowl with lid (part b). Bowl has short base pedestal. Lid is domed and has small knob.

A small pile of pine needles still joined at their ends in groups of three. Needles are tied together in a bundle.

Fourteen small pieces of wood. Each piece is curved except for part c, which is straight.

Round black fabric collar with multicolour applique and a soft brown fur edging. Along the inside of the fur border is a band of light mauve-blue decorated with evenly spaced small green beads, and thin bands of red and white. Multi-coloured, curving, geometric designs have been embroidered in a circle on the black fabric, around the central opening which is trimmed with green. Hanging at the front centre is a red, semicircular flap, with a light yellow trim. The triangular neck closure is secured with a pair of small, marble-patterned, green buttons.