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Object Number
2011.16.56
Display Title
Storyteller figure man wearing watch and striped shirt, seated with child on lap; signed S. Ortiz
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Seated male figure, holding child in lap, red and black slip on white
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Seferina Ortiz
Culture
- Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Mexico
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Sandoval County
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Cochiti
Materials
Clay Slip
Dimensions
Overall: 7.7 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.16.56; S. ORTIZ
Credit Line
Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Dealer
Dewey-Kofron Gallery
Collector
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
Collector
Barbara Lurie
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(6/27/2011)
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