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Object Number
995-29-10/73608
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff jar: scrolling parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome-on-buff jar with insloping sides. Eight typical interlocking hooked parrot motifs in a diagonal band. Eight stylized wings hang down in red, black and mottled black. Dimensions: 12.0 cm high x 20.5 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom Elva Nampeyo.
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
Elva Tewaguna Nampeyo
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 12.8 x 20.2 x 20.3 cm (5 1/16 x 7 15/16 x 8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73608; ElVA NAMPEYO
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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