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Maker(s):Chino, Grace
Culture:Acoma Pueblo; American (1929-1994)
Title:Seed pot
Date Made:last quarter of the 20th century
Type:Container
Materials:Earthenware with white slip and red and black pigment
Place Made:North America; United States; New Mexico
Measurements:Overall: 9 5/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 24.4 cm x 27.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2016.12.7
Credit Line:Gift of Juli Shea Towell (Class of 1955) and Gil Towell
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Round vessel with a small circular opening. It is decorated with rows of a repeating geometric pattern. The pattern consists of alternating red and brown boxes. The red boxes have a black stripe down the middle, and the white boxes have diagonal slashes through them, which resemble lighting bolts. The size of the boxes alter with the contours of the vessel.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

Subjects:
Pottery; Indians of North America; Indigenous peoples

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