
Water Jar
Alvina YepaWW-2022-018124
<p>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.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2022
- Dimensions
- 26.7 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm (10 1/2 × 7 × 7 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Alvina Yepa
Artist

Alvina Yepa
Alvina Yepa (Jemez Sun Clan, born 1954)
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- Alvina Yepa
- Year
- 2022
- Dimensions
- 26.7 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm (10 1/2 × 7 × 7 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2022-018124
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified