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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1764850, member: 45"]Yes, it does appear to be Zuni. The deer with the "heartline" is associated with Zuni, although the Zuni granted Lucy Lewis, the famous Acoma potter, permission to use it on her pots. </p><p><br /></p><p>You don't indicate the size, which would be helpful in determining if it was made for actual use, or was made in a slightly smaller size for sale to collectors or tourists. If made as an actual water olla, it would probably date to the latter part of the 1800s. But by the late 1890s, commercial water buckets had replaced the pottery, and smaller versions of the traditional pottery was being made for the tourist trade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ollas made for use also usually showed a bit of wear and chipping around the rim, which I really don't see from the photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1764850, member: 45"]Yes, it does appear to be Zuni. The deer with the "heartline" is associated with Zuni, although the Zuni granted Lucy Lewis, the famous Acoma potter, permission to use it on her pots. You don't indicate the size, which would be helpful in determining if it was made for actual use, or was made in a slightly smaller size for sale to collectors or tourists. If made as an actual water olla, it would probably date to the latter part of the 1800s. But by the late 1890s, commercial water buckets had replaced the pottery, and smaller versions of the traditional pottery was being made for the tourist trade. Ollas made for use also usually showed a bit of wear and chipping around the rim, which I really don't see from the photos.[/QUOTE]
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