[AC] Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; [HC] Hampshire College Art Gallery;
[HD] Historic Deerfield; [MH] Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; [MH SK] The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College; [SC] Smith College Museum of Art; [UM] University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst

Description:
Chaco black on white ware; interior and exterior slipped in white; base and slight neck interior slipped in red. Beautifully executed Mimbres Valley design in black. White color of slip; intricate stepped design similar to the work of Acoma potter family Lewis; signed "Lewis of Acoma." Paper label attributes pot to San Ildefonso, but perhaps in error.

Tags:
indigenous people; pottery; decoration and ornament; design; Native American; pottery; stylization

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