The Lucy Harmon Collection

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Title

The Lucy Harmon Collection

Description

This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos.

The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area.

The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama

Contributor

Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo)

Collection Items

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Kerchief. Women's blouse piece.

The Cuna Indians are found off the coast of Panama in the San Blas Islands. They are very independent and their government is semi-matriarchal.

Old Accession Number: H-C/T-CUNA-KERCHIEF.

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Sarong.

Old Accession Number: H-C/T-CUNA-SARONG-1.

The Cuna Indians are found off the coast of Panama in the San Blas Islands. They are very independent and their government is semi-matriarchal.

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Fabric, Mola. A mola is a blouse worn by the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama. The Cuna Indians are found off the coast of Panama in the San Blas Islands. They are very independent and their government is semi-matriarchal.

Old Accession Number:…

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Teapot. Wide, round handle, thick spout.

This teapot was part of a collection that won a large contest in Santa Fe.
Picuris Pueblo (like Taos) is known for producing unpainted clay cooking ware flecked with mica.

Old Accession Number:…

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It is the cover for the teapot in the photograph for 1980.6.1.1.

The Picuris Pueblo, like Taos, is known for producing unpainted clay cooking ware flecked with mica. This cover accompanies the teapot that won a pueblo pottery contest in Santa…

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Bowl with dark linear design around lip, dark band on top and thinner line beneath. Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder.

Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-14

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Bowl.

The San Ildefonso Pueblo is famous for their red and black-on-black pottery perfected by Maria Martinez. Their pottery is not highly decorated with paint. The most popular patterns are the mountain, lightening and the serpent.


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Bowl.

Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder.

Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKOWN-SWNAI-17.

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Bowl.

Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder.

Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-20

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Photograph included in file. Small gold pitcher.

Taos Pueblo (like Picuris) is known for producing unpainted clay cooking ware flecked with mica.


Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-3.
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