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Object Number
995-29-10/73607
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff bowl: scrolling parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome-on-buff bowl with sloping sides and insloping top from widest diameter near rim. Undecorated area from base to widest diameter with six black and red stylized parrot wing motifs from widest diameter to rim. Dimensions: 12.9 cm high x 16 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom Laura Preston Walpi Vilage.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, brown and red on buff exterior, flat base
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Laura Preston
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 15.5 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
"Laura Preston Walapi Village"; 995-29-10/73607 Laura Preston Walpi Village 18.00
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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