Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico  Earthenware, mineral and vegetal pigments

Height  5.75" tall with a 5.5" top diameter

Provenance: Private collection, Fort Smith, Arkansas - Purchased in 1944

Acoma Pueblo potters of the early twentieth century continued to work within a long-established tradition of hand-coiled earthenware decorated with mineral and vegetal pigments on a white slip ground. The introduction of orange as a third color in the polychrome palette became increasingly common in Acoma work from the late nineteenth century onward, adding visual complexity to the geometric and floral vocabulary. Vessels of this quality were made both for household use and for an expanding collector market that recognized the sophistication of Pueblo ceramic arts.

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