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Olla (water jar)

(Native American, about 1900–1950)
about 1900
Object PlaceSanto Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with slip paint, conifer resin, and oil
Dimensions26.67 x 25.4 cm (10 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit LineGift of Friends in memory of Mrs. William F. Yates
Accession number1986.609
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1986, sold by Bernheimer's Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 26, 1986)
Restricted: For reference only
Maria Garcia Melchor
1900–20
Olla (water jar)
Santana Melchor
about 1900
Olla (water jar)
Maria Lilly Salvador
1984
Bowl
Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka or Water Pond Lily)
about 1943–56
Jar
Maria Miller
about 1950
Bowl
Maria Tafoya
about 1950
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