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Object Number 995-29-10/73672
Display Title Polychrome-on-off white deer dancer
Descriptions
Object Description Full figure deer dancer hunched over holding two wooden walking sticks. Figure has off white chest and embroidered kilts. Wears headdress with four-pronged antlers and fan headdress. Dimensions: 33.0 cm high x 17.0 cm deep x 11.6 cm wide. * Signed on bottom of foot Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, NM. * Price in pencil on bottom of other foot $300.00.
Inventory Description Figurine, molded and polychrome painted standing deer dancer, open mouth.
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1970-1989
Artist Seferina Ortiz
Culture
  • Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Ceramic, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33.8 x 13.2 x 17.5 cm (13 5/16 x 5 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 995-29-10/73672, Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti N. M. / $300.00
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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