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Object Number
995-29-10/73669
Display Title
Polychrome-on-off white storyteller olla
Descriptions
Object Description
Globular olla with constricted neck and 11 figures mounted on sides. Undecorated red bottom and lower body. Undecorated red interior. Black band at rim and scalloped edge. Four additional figures at rim. Four black corn stalks around body. One figure broken off and saved with olla. Dimensions: 24.8 c, high x 29.3 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of olla Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, NM.
x Ribbon with olla: SWAIA 62nd Annual Indian Market, Second Award, Santa Fe, 1983. Tag on back of ribbon: Name: Cochiti jar w/children; Owner: Seferina Ortiz; Class or Event: II F 1213; Date: 8/29/83; Judge: Howard & Buchanan.
Inventory Description
Ceramic pot, flat base, rounded body, constricted neck, human figurines attached to body and rim, painted polychrome figurines and as well as floral and linear designs
Classification
- Pot
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1983
Artist
Seferina Ortiz
Culture
- Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Measurment to tallest figurine): 25.6 x 30.1 x 26.9 cm (10 1/16 x 11 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73669; Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti, N. Mex
Credit Line
Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1950-1993)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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for Second Prize ribbon
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Certificate
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