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Object Number 995-29-10/73649
Display Title Black-and-red-on-buff bowl: simple geometric motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Large stew bowl. Undecorated red bottom and interior. Black-on-buff geometric design on upper half of body consisting of eight narrow rectangular vertical lines with black triangles at each corner. Vertical lines are separated by two black triangles in hour-glass shape. Dimensions: 12.8 cm high x 33.0 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom of bowl Santana Melchor.
Inventory Description Ceramic bowl, flat base, rounded sides, base and interior painted red, black on beige exterior designs
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Santana Melchor
Culture
  • Santo Domingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 34 x 32.7 cm (5 1/16 x 13 3/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73649; Santana Melchor; 110.00 / V#CC
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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