Pueblo Pottery Making

About this eBook

Author

Guthe, Carl E. (Carl Eugen), 1893-1974

Title

Pueblo pottery making: a study at the village of San Ildefonso

Original Publication

United States: Yale Univ Press,1925.

Credits

Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Pueblo art

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67221

Release Date

January 22, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PUEBLO POTTERY MAKING
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — PUEBLO POTTERY MAKING
5. 5.RAW MATERIALS; COLLECTION, AND PREPARATION — Ingredients — Red Clay [5] — White Clay — Temper — Cooking-Vessel, or Apache, Clay — Slips and Paints — Santo Domingo Slip — Red Slip — Orange-Red Slip — Black Ware Paint — Black or Guaco Paint — Fuel — Manure — Kindling
6. 6.PARAPHERNALIA — Primary Paraphernalia — Earthenware Moulds or “Pukis” — Gourd Moulding Spoons or “Kajepes” — Scrapers — Polishing Stones — Paint Brushes — SECONDARY PARAPHERNALIA — Carrying and Storing Receptacles — Mixing Surfaces — Boards — Water Containers — Mops for Slips — Paint Receptacles — Wiping Rags — Accessories in Firing
7. 7.MOULDING — Bowls — TABLE I — TABLE II — Ollas — TABLE III — Cooking-Vessels — TABLE IV — Prayer-meal Bowls — TABLE V — Double-mouthed Vases — Handles
8. 8.SUN-DRYING
9. 9.SCRAPING — TABLE VI
10. 10.SLIPPING AND POLISHING — White Slip — Orange-Red Slip — Red Slip — TABLE VII — Dark-red Slip — TABLE VIII — TABLE IX
11. 11.PAINTING
12. 12.FIRING — Preparation — Building the Oven — Burning — TABLE X — TABLE XI — Accidents — Treatment after Burning
13. 13.PAINTING OF DESIGNS
14. 14.SYMBOLISM [52] — Meaning of Elements
15. 15.BIBLIOGRAPHY

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