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Object Number 995-29-10/73651
Display Title Polychrome-on-buff olla: bird motif
Descriptions
Object Description Olla with constricted neck, slightly flaring rim and widest diameter near center. Undecorated red bottom, buff body with two birds in black and red separated by black floral units. Red interior, black band at rim with two thinner bands just below rim. Dimensions: 21.5 cm high x 22.3 cm max.dia. * Signed on bottom of olla Santana Melchor Santo Domingo.
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, concave base, rounded body, slightly flared rim, polychrome with bird, floral, and linear designs on exterior
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Santana Melchor
Culture
  • Santo Domingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 22.1 x 22.2 cm (8 7/16 x 8 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73651; Santana Melchor / Santo Domingo
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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