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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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