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Object Number
995-29-10/73621
Display Title
Polychrome-on-reddish brown jar: hatching and parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome-on-reddish brown squat jar with widest diameter slightly above center and somewhat pronounced shoulders with insloping sides, constricted neck and slightly flaring rim. Eight typical interlocking hooked parrot motifs lying in diagonal band with hatchered interior against reddish-brown background. Dimensions: 16.2 cm high x 24.1 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom, Leah Nampeyo.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, flat base rounded body, flared rim, painted polychrome geometric and linear designs on exterior
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Leah Garcia Nampeyo
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 23.5 x 23.1 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73621; Leah / Nampeyo
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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