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Object Number
995-29-10/73595
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff jar: Sikyatki Revival parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Small polychrome-on-buff jar with widest diameter near center and insloping sides. Six black stylized parrot elements with red accents in a hook pattern diagonally across body of jar. Black band near rim and red triangles separating parrot elements. Dimensions: 7.9 cm high x 10.2 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Dextra Quotskuyva.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, flat base, rounded body, constricted rim, buff overall with painted polychrome geometric exterior designs
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970s-1980s
Artist
Dextra Quotskuyva
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 8.4 x 10.3 x 10.2 cm (3 5/16 x 4 1/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73595; Dextra / QuoTsKuyva / [signed with drawing of corn]
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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