Jar with avanyu/water serpent design

Date created
1934-1943
Culture/People
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Artist/Maker
Maria Poveka Martinez (Maria Martinez/Marie/Maria Antonia Montoya), San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1887-1980, and Julian Martinez (Pocano), San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1884-1943
Collector
John Howe Hall, Non-Indian, 1881-1953
Previous owner
John Howe Hall, Non-Indian, 1881-1953
Grisella Hall Kerr (Mrs. James T. Kerr), Non-Indian, 1947-2011
Donor
Grisella Hall Kerr (Mrs. James T. Kerr), Non-Indian, 1947-2011
Collection History
Collected by John Howe Hall (1881-1953, a metallurgist and engineer) in 1934 while travelling as a tourist in the Southwest; inherited by his daughter Grisella Hall Kerr (Mrs. James T. Kerr, 1947-2011); donated to NMAI by Grisella Kerr in 2000.
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Place
San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Reservation; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA
See related items
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/5186
Barcode
255186.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Jar with avanyu/water serpent design
Media/Materials
Pottery, paint
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, burnished, painted
Dimensions
16 x 16 x 12.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a20c7fdb-f9f3-476e-b7f2-282fc8f054ca
Record ID
NMAI_271048