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Object Number
995-29-10/74528
Display Title
Black-on-red Frog Bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Polished red bowl with two molded frogs on sides outlined and detailed in black. Frog heads protrude over rim. Design on body between frogs is black serpentine. Undecorated interior. Dimensions: 11.8 cm high x 19.0 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of bowl, Sunn. Bowers attributes to Sunn Mable.
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, small flat base, rounded body, two modeled and black painted amphibian-looking figures on opposite ends of bowl with painted designs on sides of bowl, polished and red in color
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Mable Sunn
Culture
- Maricopa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 11.7 x 18.5 cm, 17 in. (4 5/8 x 7 5/16 in., 43.1801 cm)
Quantity
1
Label on object
SUNN; F56272; #### / # 44; 995-29-10/74528
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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