Jar

Jar

about 1925
Artist
Isadora Medina, Zia, American, 1894-1951
Born: Zia pueblo
Work Locations: Zia pueblo
Active Dates: 1910-?
Culture
Zia
Country
United States
Object
jar
Medium
Clay and paint
Accession Number
1928.48
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Evans

Isadora Medina (Zia), Jar, about 1925. Clay and paint; 11¼ x 16⅝ in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Anne Evans, 1928.48

Dimensions
height: 11 1/4 in, 28.5750 cm; diameter: 16 5/8 in, 42.2275 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
This object is currently on view

When King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in the 1920s it became a worldwide sensation. News of the archaeological find spread even to the American Southwest, where Isadora Medina added some Egyptian-style birds to a motif already common at Zia Pueblo.

Known Provenance
Collection of Anne Evans [January 23, 1871- January 6, 1941], 1310 Bannock St. Denver, Colorado before 1928; Denver Art Museum, 1928.
Exhibition History
  • "The Potters of Zia Pueblo, 1700-2004," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 05/15/2004-10/24/2004