Anderson Peynetsa (Zuni, Santo Domingo, b. 1964). Painted pottery jar with flowers, heartline deer, and birds, 2001. Signed with location and date on underside of base. A beautiful pottery jar of sizable form, hand-painted by Zuni artist Anderson Peynetsa to feature complex floral, vegetal, and zoomorphic decoration. Sitting upon a petite foot, the vessel displays pleasing form with a bulbous body that expands to a broad hip, a sloped shoulder, and a raised, annular rim. The exterior is painted with black and orange imagery of several heartline deer, petalled flowers, and birds. Anderson gets his design ideas for his works from old Zuni pottery and interprets these early images to create his contemporary designs. His line art and images are precise and create elegant flowing lines that are very well balanced, creating a fluid, rhythmic style, as seen in this example. Size: 11.25" Diameter x 12.25" H (28.6 cm x 31.1 cm)

Anderson Peynetsa, Zuni Pueblo, Collaborates with Avelia Peynetsa, signs AA Peynetsa), (Signs A. Peynetsa alone), active ca. 1980s-present: traditional black-on-redware, polychrome seed pots, jars, ollas, bowls, canteens, duck effigy pots. Anderson Peynetsa is the son of Charles and Wilma Peynetsa; bother of Agnes Peynetsa and Priscilla Peynetsa; husband of Avelia Peynestsa; father of Ashley Peynetsa.

Anderson Peynetsa was one of the "star students" who learned pottery making from Jennie Laate. His first class was in eighth grade. He progressed through the beginning, intermediate and advanced courses. Today, Anderson is among the best contemporary Zuni pottery painters. He is noted for his "precise, flowing lines." He also is an excellent sculptor, applying relief figures as noted onto some of his pottery. Reference: "Southern Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Artist Biographies" by Gregory Schaaf.

An innovation of the mid-19th century, the heartline deer motif is specific to the Zuni and prominent throughout their pottery decoration. Many believe this line was intended to represent the breath of life. However, John G. Bourke instead believed the animal to be an antelope, and explained in 1881, "The line running down from the animal?s mouth and terminating at its heart may be described as a 'prayer.' It is a pictographic invocation to the 'spirit of the antelope' to incline the hearts of the antelope on earth to put themselves in the way of the Zunis that they may kill them for food. I made careful inquiries upon this point and know that I have obtained the correct explanation."

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Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson

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Signed with location and date on underside of base. A few very light abrasions, but otherwise intact and in overall excellent condition with clear imagery and bright pigments.