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>Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:40:46 -0700
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>From: Brian Kenny <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Internet Pueblo Pottery Exhibition
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>[ AzTeC / SWA SASIG ] :
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>From: "David S. Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
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>The Internet Public Library (IPL), a project based at the University of
>Michigan School of Information, is pleased to announce the release of a new
>exhibition: "Pueblo Pottery" (http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/pottery/). The
>exhibition displays a wide range of Native American Pueblo pottery from the
>Southwestern United States. One of the most exciting features of the
>exhibition is that museum quality pieces from diverse collections are
>brought together and reorganized to facilitate learning.  Though no special
>software or "plug-ins" are required for viewing, the exhibition allows the
>viewer to see a self advancing slide show, full screen, full color images
>and detailed descriptions. A glossary, bibliography and "classroom" offer
>opportunities for users to learn more. Lawrence Frank, author of "Historic
>Pottery of the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880," provided assistance and
>permission to use elements of his book in the exhibition.
>
>The Internet Public Library is a project based at the University of
>Michigan School of Information, partially supported by a grant from the
>Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The library began as a graduate student
>project in 1995, and is now staffed by professional librarians with
>assistance from students and volunteer librarians from around the World.
>The library maintains a collection of network-based ready reference works;
>responds to reference queries, creates resources for children and young
>adults; evaluates and categorizes resources on the Internet, and provides
>a space for exhibitions. The library strives to be a source of innovation
>in the networked environment, seeking partnerships with organizations with
>compatible goals.
>
>Excerpt:
>" Historic Pueblo pottery is the least abundantly preserved of all
>Southwestern pottery and consequently the most difficult to study. Because
>of the extreme difficulty of importing ceramic wares to the rugged
>Southewestern frontier, the early Spaniards were forced to use Pueblo
>pottery to carry out their daily chores. They found it satifactory for
>domestic purposes but apparently saw little artistic or aesthetic merit in
>it, hence no collections were made. The collision of the Spaniards and the
>American Pueblo Indians resulted not only in significant restriction in the
>usage of pottery but also in the disappearance of most of the pottery in
>the two hundred years of the Historic period. Owing to the orthodoxy of
>Church       authorities, Pueblo Indians were refused the right to bury
>pottery with their dead in accordance with ancient custom. Instead they
>were forced to have Christian burials in cemeteries. Consequently, there
>are almost no Historic vessels preserved in the relative security of old
>graves....The significance of the Spanish ban on burial of pottery with
>Indian dead       cannot be over emphasized. It is likely that all
>Prehistoric pottery had some religious aspects, as its burial signifies.
>But when burial pottery was prohibited, the Pueblo Indians were forced to
>concentrate on making pottery exclusively for utilitarian purposes such as
>storage of grain and water, cooking, etc., while only a small number of
>vessels were created - in secrecy - for strictly ceremonial use... "
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>[ SASIG Ed. Note -- See also Traditional Acoma Pottery at
><http://www.migrations.com/traditionalacoma.html> ]
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Anita Cohen-Williams
Information Specialist
Auto Club of Southern California
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