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Object Number
995-29-10/73620
Display Title
Polychrome-on-white vase: Sikyatki Revival parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome-on-white necked vase with widest diameter slightly above center with insloping sides and pronounced neck. Two delicate stylized red and black parrot elements extend downward from black line at base of neck through body of vase. Dimensions: 13.0 cm high x 13.9 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom with frog hallmark.
* (Ribbon accompanying vase: Third Prize Juvenile Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Gallup, New Mexico The Indian Capital Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Gallup New Mexico 1972. Tag on back of ribbon: Sold Mr. Wright Item: 517; Exhibitor:12; Maker: Joy Navasie; Judge: two listed, can't make out names. Tag attached to ribbon: Prem. no 517, Exhibitor 12; on back, in ink: Balcomb's Indian Art).
Inventory Description
Ceramic vase, flat bottom, rounded sides, straight neck, burnished white background with polychrome painted geometric designs on exterior
Classification
- Vase
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1972
Artist
Joy Navasie
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 13.2 x 13.7 cm (5 1/8 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73620; [Signed on bottom with a painted frog]
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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