Orange pot with triangular pattern

Orange pot with triangular pattern

The pot is large and rounded and made from a golden colored clay. The base and rim of the pot are glazed orange and along the middle of the pot, several carved lines make up a triangular pattern.

Rosita Cata lived from 1911 to 2008. She began making pottery in the 1960s. She primarily made redware pottery with painted or sgraffito geometric designs.

"Rosita Cata San Juan Pueblo" is inscribed.

St. Catherine University

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Private donation.

5.75" (height) x 7" (width)

Pottery

2019.9.22

San Juan Pueblo