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Miniature polychrome-on-buff Bowl
Miniature polychrome-on-buff Bowl
Object Number 995-29-10/73584
Display Title Miniature polychrome-on-buff Bowl
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature bowl with widest diameter slightly above center and insloping sides. Design consists of two stylized parrot motifs in black, mottled black and red on buff background. Dimensions: 2.9 cm high x 5.5 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Fannie Nampeyo with corn stalk hallmark.
Inventory Description Bowl, miniature, rounded body, incurving rim, polychrome biomorphic designs
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960s-1980s
Artist Fannie Polacca Nampeyo
Culture
  • Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms First Mesa
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (1 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object "Fannie Nampeyo"; 995-29-10/73584, Fannie / Nampeyo [figurative corn stalk]
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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