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Navajo woman applying gum to the inside of a cooking pot after firing
Navajo woman applying gum to the inside of a cooking pot after firing
Object Number 2004.29.4506
Display Title Navajo woman applying gum to the inside of a cooking pot after firing
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tschopik - Navaho Pottery Making; Pl. XVI; VIIb; Post-firing treatment (32). a, potter with piñon gum mop. b, applying gum to inside of cooking pot. / [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 / New Mexico / New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona / Arizona?
North America / United States / Utah / Utah?
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 13.97 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Lucy Kluckhohn

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