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Object Number
995-29-10/73698
Display Title
Polychrome-on-off white male flute player
Descriptions
Object Description
Full bodied standing male flute player with off white legs and hands. Wearing off white kilt with molded sash at waist outlined in red. Kilt has black, red and white geometric design at bottom. Animal skin in black down back of kilt. Off white moccasins outlined in black. Off white shirt with black floral motif and red scalloped neck and cuffs. Raised, red beaded necklace, red flute with black and red horn held with both hands and in open mouth. Long black hair, eyebrows, eyes, protruding nose, molded cheekbones. Dimensions: 24.5 cm high x 11.0 cm wide x 12.3 cm max. length.
* Signed on bottom of foot Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, N. Mex.
Inventory Description
Figurine, molded and painted, standing human blowing horn.
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Seferina Ortiz
Culture
- Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 23.7 x 11.5 x 13 cm (9 5/16 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73698, Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti, N. Mex.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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