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Object Number
995-29-10/73683
Display Title
Polychrome-on-off white turtle bowl with handles
Descriptions
Object Description
Turtle-shaped bowl with protruding head, open red mouth, four feet and black tail. Handle with black rain cloud motifs. Band of inverted triangles around rim. Dimensions: 13.4 cm high x 13.0 cm wide x 20.6 cm max. length.
* Signed on bottom Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, N. Mex.
Inventory Description
Figurine, bowl, molded and painted turtle, black on buff, 1 strap handle.
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Seferina Ortiz
Culture
- Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 13 x 20.6 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73683, Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti, N. Mex.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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