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Object Number
995-29-10/73543
Display Title
Carved heavy ceramic engagement basket: avanyu motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Black carved engagement basket with four openings created by handle. Highly carved avanyu (feathered serpent) encircles body of pot. Dimensions: 18 cm high x 12.2 max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Clara Sta Clara Pue.
* (Accompanied by ribbon: Second Prize ENIPC Artists and Craftsman Show Santa Clara Pueblo 1976. Name: Clara Shije, daughter of Pablita Chavaria (?); Event: Basket.)
Inventory Description
Ceramic container, flat base, ovoid shape with four elongated openings separated by strap-like features, zoomorph design in relief, black in color
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1976 or earlier
Artist
Clara Shije
Culture
- Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall: 18.2 x 12 x 12 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73543; Cla# / Sta Clara / Pue.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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