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Object Number 2004.1.123.1.1887
Display Title A pot surrounded by hot coals
Descriptions
Object Description Written on enclosure: "The coal firing showing / method of recording."
Department Photographic
Date 1938-1939
Artist Harriet S. Cosgrove
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Antelope Mesa / Awatovi
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)

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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Paddle
Africa
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Neville
Hindu brass censor (coals & incense)
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Container
Assam
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Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30421 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
2001.29.28718.1 Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
2001.29.28718 Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
2001.29.22778 Di!ai preparing to cook a wildebeest head by stirring coals with a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Pottery holder for tobacco and coals?
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Tools
Assam