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Olla (water jar)
Eunice Fawn Navasie (Native American, 1924–1992)
Native American, Hopi Pueblo
1991
Object Place: Hopi, Second Mesa, Arizona, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne and Joseph P. Pellegrino
Accession Number1993.951
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBody silhouette flares sharply at base and shoulder to a distinct neck. Ground is bright white; black and red are strong. Feather volutes and elongated rectangles form a configuration that repeats four times around body. Shoulder banded black with another band of scalloped, triangular symbols leading to neck. Red paint inside neck.
Inscriptions
Walpi was Fawn's ancestral home
Walpi was Fawn's ancestral home
Provenance1991, sold by the artist to Anne and Joseph Pellegrino, Boston; 1993, year-end gift of Anne and Joseph Pellegrino to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 1994)