The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo

by Lanmon, Dwight P.; Harlow, Francis H.

• ISBN13: 9780890135082
• ISBN10: 0890135088
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Pr

Summary

The authors examine fine and rare exmaples of pots -- many of which are from private collections -- in terms of forms and esigns from the ancient antecedents of Zuni pottery to the contemporary work being produced today. The definitive treatment of the extraordinarily popular Zuni Pueblo's long and complex ceramic tradition, this book sets the gold standard and will be an indispensable reference for researchers, collectors, native arts enthusiasts, archaeologists, and visitors to the Southwest.

Author Biography

Dwight P. Lanmon has written or collaborated on more than a half-dozen landmark publications about Southwest Native American pottery including The Pottery of Zia Pueblo and The Pottery of Santa Ana Pueblo (with Francis H. Harlow and Duane Anderson). He has served as director of the Winterthur Museum and director and curator of European glass at the Corning Museum of Glass.Francis H. Harlow's life's work is the study of Pueblo ceramics. A foremost authority on Pueblo pottery, he is the author of numerous books including Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880 (with Larry Frank) and The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez (with Susan Peterson). He was a physicist in the Theoretical Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and is an accomplished artist, with paintings included in many international and national collections.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
A Brief History of the Ashiwi (Zuni) Pueblos	p. 15
Introduction to Zuni Pottery	p. 39
Ancient Antecedents of Zuni Pottery (circa 1300-1475)	p. 61
Matsaki Polychrome (circa 1475-1680)	p. 73
Hawikuh Polychrome (circa 1630-1680)	p. 91
Ashiwi Polychrome (circa 1700-1760)	p. 107
Kiapkwa Polychrome (circa 1760-18401860)	p. 119
Zuni Polychrome Overview (circa 1840 / 1860-1920)	p. 143
Zuni Polychrome: Crooks and Scrolls	p. 157
Zuni Polychrome: Rosettes, Daggers, and Wide-Line Houses	p. 167
Zuni Polychrome: Capped Spirals	p. 177
Zuni Polychrome: Hachure and Rainbirds	p. 185
Zuni Polychrome: Lines of Triangles, Keys, and Hachured Triangles	p. 197
Zuni Polychrome: Feathers, Fringes, Dotted Fillings, and Teeth	p. 211
Zuni Polychrome: Arrowheads, Flowing Clusters, and Open Areas	p. 223
Zuni Polychrome: Bowls	p. 233
Zuni Polychrome: Birds, Insects, and Mammals	p. 249
Zuni Polychrome: Colored Backgrounds with Black and Red Decoration	p. 267
Zuni Polychrome: White and Black Decoration on Red Backgrounds	p. 277
Zuni Polychrome: Red-Orange or Tan Underbody or Upper Body	p. 289
Zuni Polychrome: Massive Designs	p. 295
Zuni Polychrome: Cups and Pitchers	p. 311
Zuni Polychrome: Terraced Bowls	p. 323
Zuni Polychrome: Tall Jars, Drums, and Storage Jars	p. 337
Zuni Polychrome: Canteens	p. 347
Zuni Polychrome: Vessels with Modeled Embellishments	p. 359
Zuni Polychrome: Multiple Vessels, Paint Pots, and Boxes	p. 369
Zuni Polychrome: Freestanding Figures of Animals and People	p. 379
Zuni Polychrome: Miscellaneous Special Forms and Decoration	p. 391
Slipped, Undecorated Zuni Pottery	p. 397
Zuni Rough-Ware Pottery	p. 407
Zuni Pottery in the Twentieth Century	p. 421
Zuni "Pseudo-Ceremonial" Wares	p. 447
Identified Zuni Potters and Their Pottery	p. 495
Photographs of Zuni People with Pottery	p. 529
Notes	p. 535
Bibliography	p. 569
Photographic Credits	p. 587
Figure Credits	p. 590
Index	p. 600
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.