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Object Number
995-29-10/74509
Display Title
Polychrome Singer Scene (A) in a gourd with two Ladders (B & C)
Descriptions
Object Description
Cut out gourd painted red outside, white inside with square hole cut out of top outlined in black and large rectangle cut out of front outlined in black. In gourd are one ceramic singer with drum facing out and ten ceramic singers facing in all in a circle. Singers are buff with red and black detail and black hair. Drum is buff with red and black detail. Two ladders, painted red, go through hole at top to enter kiva. Dimensions: (A) 15.8 cm high x 20. 4 cm max. dia.; (B) 22 cm high x 4.1 cm max. width; (C) 23.5 cm high x 4.1 max. width.
* Signed on bottom of gourd, Chinana, Jemez.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, ceramic drummer and singers in painted gourd building, 2 ladders
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1989
Artist
Chinana
Culture
- Jemez
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
Sandoval County
/
Jemez Pueblo
Additional Geographic Terms
Jemez Pueblo
Materials
Ceramic, String, Vegetable fiber, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 21.5 x 21.7 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
995-29-10/74509A; Chinana / Jemez / P-274 / 160.00 / 160.00 / op / 995-29-10/745
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Collector
Chinana
(before 1993)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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