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Polychrome-on-buff jar: parrot motif
Object Number 995-29-10/73588
Display Title Polychrome-on-buff jar: parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description Squat jar with widest diameter slightly above center and insloping sides. Red rectangular square painted around the opening with elaborate scroll parrot motif in black and red extending downward from each side of the square with a tail in hooked geometric motifs. Dimensions: 5.4 cm high x 9.0 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Fannie Nampeyo with corn stalk hallmark.
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, flat base, rounded body, constricted rim, buff overall with painted polychrome geometric and curvilinear designs on exterior
Classification
  • Jar
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 , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 9 x 9 cm (2 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73588; FANNIE / NAMPEYO / [signed with drawing of corn]
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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