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Native American
(1907–1982)
Jar
1965
Earthenware
7.25 x 9.875 x 9.75 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
1984.1461
Marie Chino’s Jar is steeped in Native American ceramic history. Drawing upon traditional Anasazi, Mimbres, and Tularosa traditions and design motifs, Chino relied upon historic pottery fragments as points of reference and inspiration in the development of her technique. She became aware of these historical designs by gathering broken shards to make temper—a material made from ground-up shards, shell pieces, and fragments of granite that are added to clay early in production to aid the drying process. Jar exhibits the qualities her work was best known for:
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