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Object Number 995-29-10/73571
Display Title Black-on-black wedding vase: avanyu motif
Descriptions
Object Description Highly polished black-on-black wedding vase with two angular spouts connected by handle. Band containing Avanyu (feathered serpent) at widest diameter toward spouts. Dimensions: 23.3 cm high x 15.5 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Santana/Adam.
Inventory Description Ceramic stirrup-spout vase, flat base and rounded body, black in color, band of black painted zoomorphic design around body
Classification
  • Vase
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950-1969
Artist Santana Martinez
Artist Adam Martinez
Culture
  • San Ildefonso
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 15.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Santana / -- / Adam; 995-29-10/73571
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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