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plate with black-on-black feather design
about 1956-1960
82.88
On display in H302
Artwork Details
2-3/8 x 11-3/8 x 11-3/8 in.
Mark DescriptionSigned on the back: Maria_Popovi
Accession NumberBequest of Clarence O. Hamilton
CopyrightClarence Otis Hamilton, Columbus, Indiana [1914-1981]; {1} given by his estate to Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1982. {2} {1} For information on Hamilton, see "Cosco Started Making Match Boxes," The Republic, Columbus, Indiana, 2 July 1976. According to the Historic Columbus Indiana Message Board website, Hamilton was co- founder Executive Vice-President of Hamilton Manufacturing, later known as Cosco, Inc., in Columbus, Indiana. {2} IMA Temporary Receipt No. 4586/16.
For over two thousand years until the present day, peoples of the American Southwest and neighboring Mexico have shared a long tradition of pottery making.
The term "earthenware" refers to a type of porous, easily broken ceramic, which is made from clay, baked at low temperatures.
The shining surface of this plate was achieved by rubbing the slightly moist clay with a smooth object before firing; the matte surface of the feathers is the result of an application of slip.
Maria Martinez was the first internationally recognized American Indian ceramicist.
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