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Image Not Available for Large red vase, four carved bear paw prints
Large red vase, four carved bear paw prints
Image Not Available for Large red vase, four carved bear paw prints
Object Number 2009.25.1
Display Title Large red vase, four carved bear paw prints
Descriptions
Object Description Large carved and polished red pottery vase; hand-modeled; ridged area separates widest diameter from constricted neck and flaring rim; four bear paw prints shallowly carved into neck; signed on base, “Margaret Tafoya.”
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Artist Margaret Tafoya
Culture
  • Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Santa Clara Pueblo
Materials Clay
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 30 x 30 cm (14 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Melville T. and Elizabeth D. Hodder
Provenance
Donor Melville T. Hodder
Seller Adobe Gallery
Seller Sotheby's, Inc.

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