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Object Number
995-29-10/73741
Display Title
Polychrome-on-white terraced Bowl: geometric and maiden motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Terraced bowl with white background. Undecorated red bottom and lower 1/3. Black rim. Body consists of four alternating geometric motifs with black outline and white dots, like eyes, in upper corners and scrolled element in lower corners. Alternates with four larger areas encompassing terraced elements at rim and consists of red stepped elements in lower corners and circular element in middle with stylized corn maiden in with three red bands protruding from head. Dimensions: 12.6 cm high x 20.5 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of bowl, Eudora L. Montoya, Santa Ana Pueblo.
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, stepped rim feature, flat base, polychrome designs on exterior with human? faces
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Eudora L. Montoya
Culture
- Santa Ana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3 x 20.5 x 20 cm (4 13/16 x 8 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Eudora L Montoya / Santa Ana / Pueblo; 995-29-10/73741
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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