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Object Number 995-29-10/73655
Display Title Polychrome-on-buff bowl: bird and floral motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Small polychrome-on-buff bowl with undecorated red bottom. Buff body with three black and red birds separated by three black and red floral units. Animal tracks at bottom of body connect units. Red interior, black band at rim, two thinner bands below rim. Dimensions: 9.6 cm high x 11.5 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom of bowl Crucita Melchor Santo Domingo.
Inventory Description Ceramic bowl, flat base, rounded body, slightly constricted rim, painted red on base and interior, bird and floral and linear polychrome designs on exterior
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Crucita Melchor
Culture
  • Santo Domingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 9.1 x 11 x 10.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73655; CRucita Melchor / SANto Domingo
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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