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Object Number
995-29-10/73618
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff jar: hooked parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome squat jar with flaring sides from base to widest diameter and flat inward from widest diameter to rim with medium opening. Nine typical interlocking hooked parrot motifs lying in diagonal band with hatchered interior against reddish brown background. Dimensions: 11/6 cm high x 22.8 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Elva Nampeyo.
* (Tag accompanying jar, "Balcomb's Prem. No. 524/1; Exhibitor 12).
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, flat base rounded body, deep shoulder, constricted rim, painted polychrome geometric and linear 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: 11.1 x 22.2 x 22.1 cm (4 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73618; Elva / Nampeyo
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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