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Description: Bowl vessel. Spanish/Jicarilla.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 20726
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: River pebbles.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 20727
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: New Mexico, Santa Fe area; fibrolite grooved axe, P. IV period. UMMA photo 12/69. Davison Collection Fenton.
Date of Photo: Dec. 1969
Holdings: 35mm slide: 12719
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: New Mexico, Santa Fe area; fibrolite grooved axe, P. IV period. UMMA photo 12/69. Davison Collection.
Date of Photo: Dec. 1969
Holdings: 35mm slide: 12720
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Central New Mexico, Folsom type fluted point. From James Warnica.
Date of Photo: Aug. 1971
Holdings: 35mm slide: 12983
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Central New Mexico, Folsom type fluted point. From James Warnica, UMMA 8/71. Reverse side of slide #12983.
Date of Photo: Aug. 1971
Holdings: 35mm slide: 12984
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: New Mexico, Pueblo Bonito ruins.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13441
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: New Mexico, Pueblo Bonito ruins.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13442
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Gila Cliff dwelling ruins, Cave 2
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13443
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Kiva at Pueblo del Arroyo.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13447
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: New Mexico, Acoma, city in the sky. McLaughlin photo, Arizona Highway, IR 21.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13451
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This photo shows the Pinyon-Juniper upland setting where Northern Rio Grande micaceous clays are found
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This is a photograph of the Vadido Group formation, a quartz-mica schist, Precambrian geological formation (white inclusions are overlying Hondo Formation intrusions). Micaceous clays are found decomposing in situ where the Vadito group is exposed at the surface
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Modern mica mining usually takes place within the vicinity of historic clay pits. This is the Red Mine, which is located next to some of Felipe Ortega's pits
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This is what an historic clay pit looks like. Note the oval depression between two trees, where clay should be found (rich clay zones occur at the bases of trees where chemical and mechanical breakdown occurs). Also note the large rocks moved to the side of the pit during excavation
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This is a modern pit, located at the base of a tree
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Felipe Ortega excavates clay near the Red Mine. He is wearing no shoes given that he is male. Men should not wear shoes to step on mother earth while digging
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This raw clay has just been excavated
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This large mound of raw clay has been transported from the pit and is ready to be cleaned at the home of Felipe Ortega
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Clay is placed in a gravel mixer and placed in suspension by the addition of water. The mixer is allowed to churn for several minutes to disagregate clay and stone
Date of Photo: Aug. 1, 2001
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The liquid is poured from the mixer through a window screen. Heavy rock debris remains in the mixer and is dumped. Light organic debris is caught in the screen. Good clay passes to the vat
Date of Photo: Aug. 1, 2001
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Several clay vats are filled in one or more sessions. Water is allowed to evaporate, and the clay is mixed at least 10-12 times during drying to ensure even distribution of mica throughout
Date of Photo: Aug. 1, 2001
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: First step in making a pot is to select a puki and then line it with mica powder to keep the clay from sticking
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: A flat clay tortilla is placed in the puki and air pockets removed by pressing
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The tortilla is smoothed with a metal scraper
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Walls are build through the addition of successive coils, applied all at once
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Walls are shaped and the vessel surfaces are compacted through scraping
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Further shaping to bring in the upper portion of the vessel
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Once the clay has set, several more coils are added to create a rim or in this case a lid
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The coils are smoothed. Felipe will create a lid by closing in this pot and then cutting out a lid once the clay has stiffened
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The lid hole is closed, creating an air bubble from within that will help the vessel retain a beautiful shape until it is dry
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The vessel can be shaped further once the hole is closed, much like a pliable balloon.
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Once dry, vessel walls are made even by scraping with a metal tool (mica clay is very hard when dry). A clay slurry is added to the surface and the tool is used to scrape wet and dry clay away, knocking down high spots, while adding clay to low spots
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The vessels are allowed to fully dry after scraping
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Once dry, the pots are sanded with sandstone obtained from the Santa Fe Formation (Pleistocene) that is present throughout the Chama Valley. Sandstone sanding is followed by a finer grit sandpaper sanding. Felipe Ortega in his backyard.
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Sanded vessels are slipped with a clay slurry rich in large mica flakes. This gives the pottery its characteristic glittering appearance
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Before firing, pots are preheated to remove any remaining water from the pores in order to insure a successful firing (no explosions)
Date of Photo: Jun. 1, 2000
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: The fire is started and pots are placed within it on a metal grate
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: All vessels are covered with tree bark (Pine or Cedar) or thin slabs of wood
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: These finished pots are hot out of the fire. The black one has been intentionally smudged. The golden one is called a Wedding Vase
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: This is Felipe Ortega, recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as a master of Jicarilla Apache and Hispanic micaceous traditions. Taught by an Apache Woman in 1970, Felipe has been a full-time potter since 1978.
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: One example of Felipe's work on show in the Café Pasquals Gallery and Restaurant, called El Zocolo.
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Another Pasquale photograph attesting to the superior performance ability of micaceous cooking vessels.
Date of Photo: Oct. 1, 2003
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Excavating a kiva at Pueblo Bonito during the 1930- 1940s.
Holdings: Lantern slide: 673
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Preparing basketry for removal from the ruins of Pueblo Bonito, 1930s or 1940s
Holdings: Lantern slide: 675
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: New Mexico, The north pueblo at Taos from the southwest.
Holdings: B&W negative: 14389; Lantern slide: 684
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Indian millers.
Holdings: Lantern slide: 690
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: A Zuni girl weaver.
Holdings: Lantern slide: 691
State/Province: New Mexico

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Description: Zuni woman making a peach basket.
Holdings: Lantern slide: 692
State/Province: New Mexico

Description: Dozing Rockhouse
Date of Photo: 1976
Holdings: 35mm slide: 15592
State/Province: New Mexico

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