Bowl with Migration Pattern
Artist
Dextra Nampeyo
(1928 Polacca, First Mesa, Arizona - 2019)
Dateca. 1970s
Mediumstone polished and fired clay with pigment
Dimensions4 × 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (10.2 × 21.6 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the estate of Ruth and Sidney Schultz
Object numberPC2022.44.47
DescriptionA polychrome ceramic jar with cream-colored ground and earth-toned geometric designs in orange and black. Highly stylized wing or feather designs representing the migratory patterns of birds adorn the body of the vessel; and finely drawn, parallel black lines fill the diamond-shaped interstices. The mouth of the vessel is as wide as its base.On View
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