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Polychrome-on-buff bread baking Scene (a) with bread stick (B)
Polychrome-on-buff bread baking Scene (a) with bread stick (B)
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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