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Object Number
995-29-10/73701
Display Title
Polychrome-on-off white storyteller
Descriptions
Object Description
Seated female storyteller wears black manta with red sash and holds a child in each arm. A third child is resting on the storyteller's left leg, leaning over her left foot. Eyes in black, protruding nose, black hair. Dimensions: 7.9 cm high x 5.6 cm wide x 6.2 cm max. length.
* Signed on bottom Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti, N. M.
Inventory Description
Figurine, story teller, molded, polychrome painted, seated female w/ 3 children
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: 7.9 x 5.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73701, Seferina Ortiz / Cochiti, N.M.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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