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Object Number
995-29-10/73592
Display Title
Polychrome-on-off white bowl: scrolling parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome bowl with flaring sides and widest diameter near rim. Broad band around widest diameter with red top and hatchered bottom with eight scrolls with stylized parrot motif in black on off white background. Dimensions: 5.5 cm high x 10.5 max.dia.
* Signed on bottom, Nellie Nampeyo.
Inventory Description
Bowl, miniature, polychrome-on-buff geometric designs, flat base, incurving rim
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Nellie Nampeyo
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 5.5 x 10.5 x 10.4 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Nellie Nampeyo; 995-29-10/73592 Nellie Nampeyo #4
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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