About this artwork
Alvina Yepa, one of the most renowed ceramists of the Pueblo of Jemez, built this vessel by hand from bisque-colored clay. She then covered its surface in a thin layer of liquified red clay, called slip, which she polished to a high luster. Yepa next carved away the red slip—a technique named sgraffito in Italian—to reveal the paler underlying clay and to create the intricate composition of flowers, leaves, vines, hummingbirds, and other motifs.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 161
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Alvina Yepa
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Culture
- Jemez Sun Clan
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Title
- Water Jar
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Places
- Jemez Pueblo (Object made in:), United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 2022
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Medium
- Sgraffito earthenware (redware)
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Inscriptions
- Signed and inscribed on bottom, middle, incised in script: "Alvina Yepa / Jemez Pueblo, / NM".
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Dimensions
- 26.7 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm (10 1/2 × 7 × 7 in.)
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Credit Line
- Daniel J. Bender Fund
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Reference Number
- 2022.475a-b
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Copyright
- © 2022 Alvina Yepa
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