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Olla (water jar)
Eunice Fawn Navasie (Native American, 1924–1992)
Native American, Hopi Pueblo
about 1984
Object Place: Hopi, Second Mesa, Arizona, United States, Keam's Canyon, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
17.46 x 21.27 cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1984.539
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionUnglazed, cream-colored interior; predominately cream-colored glazed exterior with one repeating abstract Rainbird (Thunderbird) design in pale red and dark brown; flat base.
Signed
In slip paint on bottom: FAWN [inside a line drawing of a running fawn]
Inscriptions
Provenance1984, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)