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Standing Figure
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Pueblo Bread Bakers
Standing Figure
Joyce Sisneros Gallegos (Native American, born at Santa Clara Pueblo, in 1944)
Native American, Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo)
1984
Object Place: Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
22.9 x 7.0 cm (9 x 2.75 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Wallace McMeel
Accession Number1984.774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionFigure standing w/ arms half raised, wearing a white veil w/ floral pattern in red. Dress red, burnished. Necklace of burnished beads. Beehive shape kiln (H: 5.75" W: 7.75" L: 9.375"), w/ a door with rounded top and round vent hole, on a shaped platform.
Signed
On bottom of feet: Joyce/S Gallegos
On kiln bottom: Joyce / 9 / 84 / Sisneros / Gallegos / Santa Clara
On kiln bottom: Joyce / 9 / 84 / Sisneros / Gallegos / Santa Clara
Provenance1984, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 19, 1984)