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Olla (water jar)
Anderson Peynetsa (Native American, born in 1964)
Native American, A:shiwi (Zuni)
1984
Object Place: Zuni, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
21.27 x 26.03 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1984.538
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
DescriptionUnglazed, cream-colored interior; exterior in black and red design on two sets of panels; deer within stylized antler motif; and stylized diamond shaped with abstract curvilinear design; concave base.
Signed
On bottom: A. PEY. ZUNI NM
Provenance1984, sold by Jeffrey Lewis, Santa Fe, NM, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)