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Black-on-buff jar with three lizards
Object Number 995-29-10/73667
Display Title Black-on-buff jar with three lizards
Descriptions
Object Description Jar with widest diameter slightly above center and insloping sides. Undecorated red bottom with black band. Undecorated red interior. Black band at rim. Three vertically mounted lizards reaching from center to rim, each with two rows of black spots length of body. Lizards separated by panels with floral motif and scalloped edge. Dimensions: 15.7 cm high x 16.7 cm max. dia. * Signed at base of jar Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, NM.
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, flat base, rounded body, neck sloped to constricted rim, three equidistant lizard-like figures affixed to shoulder area and facing opening, painted black geometric and linear designs on beige background on exterior, base painted red
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Seferina Ortiz
Culture
  • Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 16.7 x 16.2 cm (6 3/16 x 6 9/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73667; Serefina Ortiz / Cochiti, N.M.
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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