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Olla (water jar)

(Native American, born in 1938)
1985
Place of CreationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with slip paint
Dimensions19.68 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Susan W. and Stephen D. Paine, and Jessie Lie Farber, and the Ladies Committee
Accession number1985.138
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Provenance1985, sold by the artist to Virginia Lewisohn Kahn, Cambridge, MA; 1985, sold by Virginia Kahn to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 1985)
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1985
Olla (water jar)
Evelyn Cheromiah (Sru tsi rai)
1993
Seferina Ortiz (Shaht'ey mitz or A Name For a Lady)
1990
Cache vessel
A.D. 300–550
Group shot: 1988.1250 (top), 1988.1242 (bottom)
A.D. 300–550
View 1
1890s
Restricted: For reference only
1870–87