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Object Number
995-29-10/73546
Display Title
Carved black vase: "bear paw" motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved black vase with widest diameter slightly above center with constricted neck and flaring rim. Four slightly carved bear paw prints in neck. Dimensions: 23.5 cm high x 21.7 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Margaret Tafoya.
Inventory Description
Ceramic vase, flat base, rounded body, sloped shoulder, elongated neck and flared rim, four impressed designs on neck, black in color
Classification
- Vase
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1989
Artist
Margaret Tafoya
Culture
- Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 20.5 x 21.5 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73546; Margaret Tafoya
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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