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Object Number
995-29-10/73617
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff jar: moth motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome-on-buff squat jar with pronounced shoulder, insloping sides and sloping neck. Undecorated bottom half with top half consisting of four Sikyatki Nampeyo-style moths with red wings. Two have hatchered heads. Four hatchered triangles extend downward from rim to separate moths. Dimensions: 12.9 cm high x 20.4 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Ethel Yovella Tewa Village Polacca Ariz.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, flat base, flared body, constricted rim, polychrome painted linear, geometric and winged designs on exterior, burnished, chipped rim
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Ethel Youvella
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 12.5 x 20.8 x 21.4 cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73617; Ethel Youvella / Tewa Village / Polacca Ariz.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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