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| 010 Zia Pueblo, c. 1850 |
 Like the vessel illustrated in Fig. 8, this jar makes a bold statement with spare and simple design structure. The earlier date for this example is indicated by several features. The form of the vessel is more spherical, with broadly rounded underbody. The design style is also different, being more geometric instead of naturalistic. Each of the design elements can be compared with extensive evolutionary charts of Zia Pueblo designs, with the conclusion that they fit well into the style of the middle 1800's. The isolated split leaves, for example, are not attached to foliage with stems and flowers the way they are in the later decades of the 1800's. The double undulating red bands around the circumference are an early ancestor to the rainbow arcs seen on many of the Acoma pots in this folio. The symbols on the neck represent highly stylized bird feathers. The red banding below the design area seen faintly in Fig. 8 does not show on the picture of this jar, because of the only slight contrast between the band and the polished red clay body (which is also visible in an abrasion on the tan-slipped surface).
-- FRANCIS H. HARLOW, LOS ALAMOS |
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