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Object Number 995-29-10/73547
Display Title Carved redware bowl with avayanu motif
Descriptions
Object Description Large globular red bowl with heavily carved avanyu (feathered serpent) from widest diameter to rim against buff background. Dimensions: 18.5 cm high x 28 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Margaret Tafoya.
Inventory Description Ceramic pot, zoomorph design on shoulder in relief, constricted opening, painted red
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Date 1970-1989
Artist Margaret Tafoya
Culture
  • Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 28.5 x 28.5 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73547; Margaret / Tafoya
Credit Line Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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