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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
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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