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Object Number
995-29-10/73548
Display Title
Carved red canteen: "bear paw" motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polished red carved pottery canteen with two lug handles, wood stopper and leather strap. Lightly carved bear paw print on front and back. x Dimensions: 17.7 cm high to rim; 19.3 cm high with stopper x 15.4 cm dia.; 17.4 cm max. dia. to lug handles.
* Signed on bottom, Margaret Tafoya.
* (Accompanied by ribbon: Third Prize SWAIA Annual Indian Market Santa Fe 1973. Awarded to: Margaret Tafoya; Class or Event: Canteens - 704; Date: August 18, 1973. Lay-Away ticket: No. 319; Date: 8/17/73; Name: Margaret Tafoya; Address: Santa Clara; Article: Pottery).
Inventory Description
Ceramic canteen, flat base, rounded body, impressed design on opposing sides, painted red, two loops for attached leather strap, carved wood stopped attached by thong to one loop
Classification
- Canteen
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1973
Artist
Margaret Tafoya
Culture
- Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment , Leather , Wood
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement without stopper): 18.2 x 16.5 x 14.5 cm (7 3/16 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73548; Margaret / Tafoya
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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