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Object Number 995-29-10/73684
Display Title Polychrome-on-off white Duck shaped pitcher with lid
Descriptions
Object Description Full figures seated duck with handle in back and terraced checkerboard black and white elements on chest and sides. Protruding eyes and open red beak. Lid is red petal design outlined in black with top knob. Dimensions: 23.0 cm high x 15 cm wide x 20.0 cm max. length. * Signed on bottom Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, N. Mex. * Price in pencil on bottom $300.00.
Inventory Description Pitcher, moulded and painted lidded bird figure with rain and thundercloud desig
Classification
  • Pitcher
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Seferina Ortiz
Culture
  • Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 22.6 x 21.3 x 19.7 cm (8 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 995-29-10/73684; Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti N.Mex / $300
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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