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- 201128-36 Very Early Santo Domingo Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Dish
201128-36 Very Early Santo Domingo Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Dish
ca. 1900
1 1/2" x 5 7/8"
Minor wear as pictured.
About the collectors in the family. I think my grandparents George & Anna Siemantel acquired the majority of the pieces. She loved the pottery. He rugs & jewelry. He had an auto dealership during the war and did a lot of trading in NM. He also was foreman for the railroad roundhouse in Las Vegas NM. (He was from Topeka KS and she from Ft.Madison IA) In addition, the two of them and my great uncle, Phillip Schlapp owned a ranch in NE NM. It is now the Elliot Barker Girl Scout Ranch at Angel Fire NM. Phillip & Anna were 2 of 7 siblings. One of the other sisters taught in Watrous NM. And she & her siblings traveled in the summer.
Also my mom & aunt Margaret knew Mabel Dodge Lujan & there was a connection to Frida Lawerence. But darn! I remember talk when I was a kid. Wish I'd had more of an idea of the interest. I remember my aunt's excitment sharing with my mom that Mabel had written to her.