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Donor Name:
Mrs. Clara B. Wilcox  Search this
Culture:
Laguna  Search this
Object Type:
Pot
Place:
Laguna Pueblo, Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
15 Oct 1912
Notes:
FROM CARD: "VERY LIGHT WARE, ACCURATE DECORATION. A GOOD SPECIMEN. VERY PROBABLY MANUFACTURED AND DECORATED BY THE LAGUNA TRANSVESTITE [MAN-WOMAN OR TWO-SPIRIT PERSON] ARROH-AH-OCH. EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON FOUND AT THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH CATALOG NUMBER 1026. POTTER IS MENTIONED IN (RUTH) BUNZEL'S THE PUEBLO POTTER, PAGE 57. IDENTIFICATION PER JONATHAN BATKIN, CURATOR, TAYLOR MUSEUM, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 11-30-(19)84. ILLUS. P. 150 IN JONATHAN BATKIN; POTTERY OF THE PUEBLOS OF NEW MEXICO, 1700-1940; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER; 1987. IDENTIFIED THERE AS LAGUNA POLYCHROME OLLA BY MAN-WOMAN ARROH-AH-OCH, CA. 1880-1900." BRUCE BERNSTEIN CONFIRMS LAGUNA IDENTIFICATION 9-21-1999
Ilus. Fig. 5, p. 77 in Lanmon, Dwight P., 2005, "Pueblo Man-Woman Potters and the Pottery Made by the Laguna Man-Woman, Arroh-a-och," American Indian Art Magazine 31(1):72-85. Identified there as "Jar attributed to Arroh-a-och, probably made at Zuni or Laguna, 1870-1880, 10 1/4" high, 12 1/4" diameter (26 cm x 31 cm)."
Record Last Modified:
11 Jul 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
054603
USNM Number:
E273442-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3123504a9-af56-4290-aef8-edaa71e7c267
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8379370