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Pot
Wanda Aragon (Native American (Puebloan culture), born in 1947)
Native American, Acoma Pueblo
20th century, 1984
Object Place: Acoma, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
12.06 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1984.542
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionUnglazed interior, red on inner surface of lip. Black line on ridge of lip. Red bottom with fine black line separating the bottom portion from the two panels. Panels have abstracted mesa step and turtle motifs.
Signed
On bottom: W. Aragon [three hump motif]/Acoma, N. M.
Provenance1984, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)