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Object Number
995-29-10/73642
Display Title
Polychrome-on-buff tile: square-headed katsina motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Square tile with square headed katsina. Feathers in middle and at upper corners of head. Right side of head is reddish and left side brownish. Rectangular slot eyes and square ears. Corn cob on either side of head. Dimensions: 10.4 cm high x 11.2 cm wide x 1.0 cm deep.
*Signed on back, Darlene Nampeyo" and a corn cob
Inventory Description
Tile, rectangular, polychrome painted square-headed Katchina.
Classification
- Communication artifacts
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Artist
Darlene Nampeyo
Culture
- Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 11.7 x 0.9 cm (4 3/16 x 4 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
"Darlene Nampeyo" and corncob on back; 995-29-10/73642 Darlene Nampeyo
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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