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Marie Z. Chino (American, died after 1991)
Native American, Acoma Pueblo
1950–60
Object Place: Acoma, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Seminarians
Accession Number1993.668
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPainting has no shoulder/ neck division. Two double-banded red rainbow arch forms circular fields in which is a red parrot with black and white details. Between the parrot paintings are two black and white feather motifs with crooks and steps of solid black and parallel lines. Black rim band.
Signed
Painted on base: MARIE Z CHINO / ACOMA N MEX
Provenance1993, sold by Adobe Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)