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Object Number
995-29-10/73756
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff bread baking Scene (a) with bread stick (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Small scene (typical horno) in buff consisting of base with black geometric design with beehive bread oven with opening and smoke hole outlined in black and two women sitting. One woman wears red top and black bottom and holds bread stick with bread on pallet. The other wears red top and bottom and holds bread. Basket or bowl of bread on base. Bread in oven. Dimensions: Scene - 3.8 cm high x 8.8 cm wide x 10.8 cm max. length; bread stick - .08 cm wide x 5.5 cm lax. length.
* Signed on bottom of scene, Clarice Aragon, Acoma, New Mexico, Age 12., butterfly design.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, bread baking scene with 2 human figurines and oven
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Clarice Aragon
Culture
- Acoma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 x 8.7 x 10.7 cm (1 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73756; Clarice Aragon / Acoma New Mexico / Age 12
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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