Clay Figure

Artist Nora Naranjo Morse born 1953 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; lives Espanola, New Mexico

Dateca. 1980

Mediumceramic

Dimensions2 3/4 × 3/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC2002.42.1

DescriptionA small ceramic sculpture of a standing figure. The figure is brown, with a loose gradient which gets darker from top to bottom. The body is a loose, organic cylinder with a flat, rounded head. There is a vertical line of indentations up the figure's left side. The figure looks slightly upwards. Their eyes are indented slits and their mouth is an indented circle.

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