"Snake pot" with tripod base and 2 lug handles. Incised treatment of snake's bod

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Object Number 974-9-10/52171

Display Title "Snake pot" with tripod base and 2 lug handles. Incised treatment of snake's bod

Descriptions

Object Description "Snake pot" with tripod base and 2 lug handles. Incised treatment of snake's body and on vessel body. Mottled grey, buff, and tan surface. Made and signed by Doris Blue (Catawba) in 1973. 20x16x13 cm.

Inventory Description Pot, tripod base, round body, two lug handles, incised designs

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date 1973

Artist Doris Blue

Culture

Catawba

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / South Carolina

Materials Ceramic

Dimensions Overall: 20 x 16 x 13 cm (7 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Collector Unknown (?)

Donor Columbia Museum of Art (1974)

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