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Object Number
995-29-10/73656
Display Title
Black-on-buff jar: deer and antelope motifs
Descriptions
Object Description
Small polychrome-on-buff bowl. Undecorated red bottom. Buff body with three black deer units separated by three low -lying plant units. Red interior, black band at rim, thinner band below rim, scalloped band below that. Dimensions: 10.0 cm high x 11.5 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of bowl Crucita Melchor Santo Domingo.
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, flat base, rounded body, constricted rim, polychrome deer and floral designs
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Crucita Melchor
Culture
- Santo Domingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 11.5 x 11 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73656; CRucita Melchor / SANto Domingo
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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