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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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