Chino, Rose – Fineline Stars Canteen with Four Heartline Deer (1970s)

This is an intricately painted large canteen by Rose Chino Garcia. She was a daughter of noted potter Marie Z. Chino. This piece sits at an angle and has a round body, handles, and an elongated spout.  The front is painted with fine-line interlocking stars.  Near the top are two heartline deer and on the sides are two more deer with plant and rain designs.  The heartline deer are symbolic in Acoma pottery.  It was a design borrowed from Zuni pottery around 1910 and the heartline is said to represent life itself.   The piece is painted with bee-weed (black) and the heartlines are a red clay slip. The canteen was traditionally fired.  It is signed on the bottom, “Rose Chino”.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.

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Chino, Rose (1928-2000)

Rose Chino-Garcia learned to make pottery from her mother, Marie Z. Chino. Her sisters are Carrie Chino Charlie, Vera Chino Ely, and Grace Chino. Her pottery is in collections of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, Heard Museum in Phoenix, Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa.  She was known for her use of both traditional and contemporary designs.