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Object Number 995-29-10/73695
Display Title Polychrome Storyteller Bear
Descriptions
Object Description Seated black bear with one cub on each shoulder and leg. Holds polychrome pot in left paw. Protruding white nose outlined in red with open black mouth and two black nostrils. Black eyes outlined in white with black protruding ears. Four cubs have identical markings. Undecorated red bottom. Dimensions: 23.7 cm high x 14.9 cm wide x 17.2 cm max. length. * Signed on bottom Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, N. Mex.
Inventory Description Figurine, moulded and painted seated bear, 4 cubs and pot attached
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: 28 x 21 x 18.6 cm (11 x 8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73695; Seferina Ortiz, / Cochiti / N. Mex.
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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