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Object Number
995-29-10/73552
Display Title
Ceramic carved and terraced kiva Bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Black terraced kiva bowl with three terraced units on the rim and heavily carved terraced pattern paralleling rim. Polished interior. Dimensions: 12.3 cm high x 17.2 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Belen Tapia, Santa Clara Pueblo.
* (Accompanied by ribbon: First Prize, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico The Indian Capital, 50th Anniversary, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup New Mexico 1971. Item 521: Exhibit 12; Maker: Belen Tapia; Judge: Dutton. Tag attached to ribbon: Prem. No. 521; Exhibitor 12; Balcomb's; Sold; Special? Fetish Bowl; William Wright, Cincinnati; Sold).
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, flat base, rounded body, rim is composed of three stepped features, circumferential design created by carving into surface, black in color
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1971
Artist
Belen Tapia
Culture
- Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall: 11.9 x 17.5 x 17.3 cm (4 11/16 x 6 7/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73552; Belen Tapia / Santa Clara / Pueblo / 85.00
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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