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Sacred Symbols:  Four Thousand Years of Ancient American Art October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004

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Effigy vessel Mouth mask pitcher Effigy vessel Figure with rattle Corn goddess Dog Standing figure deer Seated figure Effigy bowl
                   

Pitcher (Socorro style)

Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi)
Southwest region (United States)
Pitcher (Socorro Style), twelfth century
Ceramic, pigment
7 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Gift of the Regis Collection, 97.80.1

The Socorro style features a stark white clay slip that covers both the interior and exterior of the vessel and contrasts with the black painted geometric designs. The artist utilized her own variations on the standard repertoire of double- and triple-step patterns, zigzags, and hatching, carefully proportioning the designs to emphasize the part of the vessel on which they are painted. This pitcher is typical of the high-quality ware produced by the ancient Pueblo peoples of the eleventh to fourteenth centuries.

 

 

 

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