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Object Number
995-29-10/73664
Display Title
Black-on-buff canteen with applied lizard "handle"
Descriptions
Object Description
Small canteen with lizard on top, two lug handles and protruding spout. Undecorated red bottom with black band. Spout, lug handles and lizard trimmed in black. Lizard has black spots in two rows length of body. A black corn stalk on either side of lizard. Dimensions: 12.3 cm high x 16.0 cm long x 13.0 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of canteen Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, NM.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, globular water jug, 2 lug handles, molded lizard, painted corn design
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Seferina Ortiz
Culture
- Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 14.4 x 18 x 14 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73664, Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti, N. M.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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