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Object Number
995-29-10/73715
Display Title
Polychrome-on-white Canteen: animal and geometric motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Undecorated red lower half and flat bottom. White upper half with stylized Zia bird in red and black with black geometric design around middle of canteen. Dimensions: 14.0 cm high x 20.0 cm max. dia.
* Signed on bottom of canteen Helen Gachupin, Zia
Inventory Description
Ceramic canteen, two loop handles, rounded with one flat side which is burnished and painted red, rounded side is white with black and red designs including central image of bird
Classification
- Canteen
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1989
Artist
Helen Gachupin
Culture
- Zia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 18 x 13.8 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73715; Helen Gachupin / Zia
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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