[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:
Polychrome ware; body slipped in cream, base and neck interior slipped in red; intricate geometric design in three horizontal zones, delineating the stomach and neck areas, in red and black on cream vase. "Zia" signed in ink on base, but design, shape, and organization more typical of Acoma.

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

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