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June 28, 2025: Premier Americana: Day Three

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Lot 2037

NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI PUEBLO POTTERY JAR / OLLA

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI PUEBLO POTTERY JAR / OLLA, shouldered form, featuring polychrome hand-painted geometric designs. Possible old museum accession/identification number ink-inscribed on side "PO 91. / ZUNY.35". Late 19th/early 20th century. 5 1/8" H, 3" D rim (opening), 6 1/2" DOA.
Catalogue Note: A letter nestled inside the pot written by Judith E. Hilburg recorded a wonderful history of the piece. This vessel was purportedly part of a collection gathered by Irvin S. Cobb and Will Rogers before 1920. It was donated to anthropologist Grace Oliver (a neighbor of Rogers) for the Native American museum she founded in Lancaster, CA. Oliver purchased the Swiss chalet-style home of artist Howard Arden Lex Edwards (1884-1953), who had already amassed his own collection of Native American artifacts. In the 1940s, Oliver opened the home as a public museum (presently known as the Antelope Valley Indian Museum), adding her own collection to the one already housed there. The museum remained open for three decades, closing in the 1970s when Mrs. Oliver could no longer physically operate the museum. According to the letter, Judith E. Hilburg "purchased as much of the material as possible from her at that time." A postscript on the letter states that the collection was exhibited in a number of museums including the Horniman Museum (London, England), the National Museum of Man (Ottawa, Canada), and the Richmond Museum (California). The state of California purchased the museum and its remaining collection in 1979 and it can still be visited today. 

Condition

Undamaged, having light scattered wear to painted decorations.

Provenance

According to the Judith E. Hilburg letter and handwritten notes added later:
RE Bachman or Bauman, Seattle, WA, July 1999.
Purchased at estate sale by Clive Devenish, Whitney Antiques, Orinda, CA.
Owned by Tom Creighton until his death in April 1994.
L. Bermudez, unknown location and date.
Judith E. Hilburg, Vallejo, CA, 1970s.
Purchased from Grace Oliver, Lancaster, CA.

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