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Pottery owl effigy vessel
Pottery owl effigy vessel
Object Number 40-79-10/22570
Display Title Pottery owl effigy vessel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, owl effigy, polychrome exterior
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / <County> / <City> / Pueblo of Zuni
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 11 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16/14511/ 40-79-10/22570
Provenance
Collector Capt. John G. Bourke (1869-1880)
Donor Mrs. Sarah Bourke James (1940)

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