Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected by Septima V. Koehler (1848-1918, a teacher at St. Elizabeth's School, Rosebud, South Dakota) but more likely from the collection of Septima's great-niece, Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen (1898-1997) and her husband Pál Kelemen (1894-1993); donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Kelemen in 1967.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Possible owner
- Septima V. Koehler (Septima Vespasia Koehler), Non-Indian, 1848-1918
- Previous owner
- Pál Kelemen, Non-Indian, 1894-1993
- Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
- Donor
- Pál Kelemen, Non-Indian, 1894-1993
- Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
- Date created
- 1880-1900
- Object Name
- Jar/Olla
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, slipped, burnished
- Dimensions
- 28.30 x 32.50 x 32.50 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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