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Object Number
995-29-10/74515
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff olla with kiva scene
Descriptions
Object Description
Olla with undecorated red bottom and red polished exterior. Opening extends from rim half way down side with a stepped cutout. Exterior beneath opening in buff with stylized parrot in black and red. At top of panel is red, white and aqua sun face Buff band around rim with black triangles separated by buff half circles. Red band below rim in interior with series of two paraeel black lines and parallel black triangles. At bottom of interior is built up kiva in buff with exterior ladder outlined in black with opening at top of kiva outlined in black and white half circle motifs on each side of opening. Dimensions: Dimensions: 18.0 cm high x 25.6 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of olla, Mary S. Tsosie, Jemez.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar sculpture, a "cutaway" reveals a building inside, building has square hole at top and stairs, separate wooden ladder within the square hole, polychrome
Classification
- Art 3-D
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1989
Artist
Mary S. Tsosie
(before 1993)
Culture
- Jemez
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
Sandoval County
/
Jemez Pueblo
Additional Geographic Terms
Jemez Pueblo
Materials
Ceramic Pigment Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 18.9 x 23.1 x 22.4 cm (7 7/16 x 9 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Mary S. Tsosie / Jemez; 995-29-10/74515A; 995-29-10/74515B
Credit Line
Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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