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Object Number 995-29-10/73553
Display Title Sgrafittoed red-on-black bowl: katsina and avanyu motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Sgraffitoed carved avanyu (feathered serpent) from base to widest diameter with another large sgraffitoed Avanyu between widest diameter and two holes on top of bowl. Senna colored oval in center with sgraffitoed full figure katsina in center between holes. Dimensions: 6.4 cm high x 11.3 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Grace Medicine Flower and Camilio Tafoya.
Inventory Description Ceramic pot, flat base, two round openings on top portion of pot, sgraffitoed anthropomorph with red background at top, sgraffitoed zoomorphs on body, black in color
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Date 1970-1989
Artist Camilio Tafoya
Artist Grace Medicine Flower
Culture
  • Santa Clara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 11.3 x 11.4 cm (2 11/16 x 4 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73553; Grace Medicine Flower / and / Camilio Tafoya
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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