#indigenous pottery

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“Indigenous pottery from the hills of Chiapas, 1975. From: “ceràmica popular Mexicana”, by Carlos Espejel, 1975.

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~ Vessel with Hummingbird Rattle.

Place of origin: Mexico, Oaxaca, Zaachila

Culture: Zapotec

Date: 1300-1500

Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with postfire application of Maya blue pigment.

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“Polychrome storage jar, San Ildefonso slip (c.1920); use of curvilinear and geometric motifs.” Photo by Cradoc Bagshaw.

From:”Maria”, by Richard Spivey, 1979.

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“Maria Martinez, the famous Potter of San Ildefonso pueblo examines one of her pottery treasures“, 1976.

From: “Pottery treasures: The splendor of Southwest Indian art”, by Jacka, Jerry D and Gill Spenser.1976.

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“Somono potter Niamoye Nientao forming a water jar(jidaga) over a convex mold.”, Djenné, Mali 1983. Photo by Adria LaViolette.

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“Hopi pottery flourished in the early Spanish era in the Southwest; then became decadent. Thirty years ago this Hopi woman artist undertook to revive it and with notable success. Hopi pottery is off rich cream color, of fine grain, hard texture, and rich ornamentation.” c.1929

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“A white-booted woman carries water to Taos” c.1929

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“Seated outside her house at the turn of the century, a hopi woman made her pottery with simple tools, like those still in use today. A basket for support, a board, a lump of clay, a tin of water, and a half Circle of dry gourd are all she needed to form pots. Living in remote Western villages, for 600 years the Hopi have made pottery with yellow – orange decoration painted directly on the polished clay body rather than on slip.” from: “Hands in clay: an introduction to ceramics” by Charlotte Speight, 1979.

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