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Object Number 995-29-10/73725
Display Title Polychrome-on-white olla with open stepped side
Descriptions
Object Description Small olla with undecorated red bottom, lower 1/5 and interior. Upper body consists of white background with Zia bird in tan and red outlined in black; floral motif in red and black; koshare figure in tan, red and black; serpent in tan, red and black. Two diagonal stepped motifs in red at bottom of panel; horizontal and vertical stepped motifs in tan at rim. Open side from rim to middle of body with two stepped elements outlined in black. Dimensions: 18.4 cm high x 20.1 cm max. dia. * Signed on side of lower 1/5, Elizabeth Medina, Zia.
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, flat base, rounded body, straight neck, stepped cutout extending from rim of one side down past shoulder, painted polychrome designs with include anthropomorph, zoomorph, and bird
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Artist Elizabeth Medina
Culture
  • Zia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 18.1 x 19.5 x 19.5 cm (7 1/8 x 7 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73725; Elizabeth Medina / ZIA
Credit Line Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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