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Object Number 2011.16.74
Display Title Black on buff pot with all-over check pattern
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pot, flat base, flared body, raised lid, black all-over geometric designs on tan ground
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Artist Elena Rodriguez
Culture
  • Mata Ortiz
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chihuahua / Casas Grandes / Juan Mata Ortiz
Materials Clay Slip
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 10 x 9.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.74 / Elena Rodriquez
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie
Collector Barbara Lurie
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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