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Signed Angel Amaya Mata Ortiz Hand Formed Pottery Olla Wedding Vase 7-3/4 Inches

Dimensions: 7-3/4 Inches Tall by 5-1/2 Inches Wide

Clay Ring with Hand Wound Yarn Included.

Your purchase helps Mata Ortiz Village Families continue their traditions and culture.

This is an exclusive Mata Ortiz Pottery Vessel. The detail is exceptional and the color and design exquisite. This includes the clay ring for placing on a flat surface, such as your display shelf. This is a signed pottery vessel and is hand crafted. This is in excellent condition with no ships or cracks. Standard shelf wear is minimal. Please see pictures for description.

Note: OLLA has different meanings; in the southwest American Indian Pueblos and in Mata Ortiz Pottery it means not fired with a waterproof glaze, consequently it will not hold liquids. The olla is also useful for keeping water cool. When an unglazed olla is filled with water, the water permeates the clay walls of the vessel, causing the olla to “sweat”. The evaporation of the sweat cools the olla and its contents. In the early 20th century, many ranches in the American Southwest used the practice of hanging an olla from a rope on the verandah in a shady, breezy spot. Several hours after the olla was hung, it was cooled enough by evaporation to keep butter and milk safely cold (courtesy Wikipedia)

THIS PIECE IS AN ORIGINAL PIECE FROM THE TOWN OF MATA ORTIZ IN CHIHUAHUA MEXICO,WE HAND PICK EACH SINGLE PIECE FOR THE QUALITY AND CRAFTSMANSHP.

Mata Ortiz is located the Mexican state of Chihuahua about 4.5 hours south and west of El Paso, Texas . It is a small town with adobe dwellings at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, along the banks of the Palanganas River.

Mata Ortiz pottery is a recreation of the pre Hispanic pottery found in and around the archeological site of Paquimé in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is named after the modern town of Mata Ortiz, which is near the site and where a man named Juan Quezada Celado learned on his own to recreate this ancient pottery, then went on to update it.-Courtesy of Wikipedia

MATA ORTIZ IS WORLD RENOWN FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR POTTERY. EACH PIECE IS HAND MADE AND DECORATED BY THE ARTIST TAKING SEVERAL DAYS TO COMPLETE EACH PIECE,THE ARTIST USES ONLY NATURAL COLORS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE AREA AND MAKE THE PAINTING WITH SELF MADE UTENSILS USING NATURAL HAIR AND LITTLE STEMS FROM LOCAL PLANTS.

THE Pottery IN THE PHOTO IS THE ACTUAL PIECE YOU WILL RECEIVE

Picture holding this in your own hands. How wonderful it would look in your home. It would make an exciting and special gift too!

You will receive the actual item pictured. It will be carefully wrapped and shipped Priority Mail in a USPS Hard Box for Fast Safe Arrival to You.

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