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Navajo woman building an oven over the vessels
Navajo woman building an oven over the vessels
Object Number 2004.29.4504
Display Title Navajo woman building an oven over the vessels
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tschopik - Navaho Pottery Making; Pl. XIII; VI.b; b ; Firing (32). a, vessels placed in ashes of preliminary fire. b, building oven over vessels. (verso) Gift of Lucy Kluckhohn, Sept 1964."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • pottery making
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1950
Artist Mr. Harry Tschopik, Jr.
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Lucy Kluckhohn

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