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…
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.
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.
Tesuque pottery was described as cheap and gaudy, made to appeal to tourists, they were also known for their distinctive clay Rain god. Both these statues and Tesuque pottery, like the bowl shown above, are decorated with water-soluble…