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Squash Bowl

Angie Yazzie (Native American, born in 1965)
Native American, Taos Pueblo
1991
Object Place: Taos, New Mexico, United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Micaceous earthenware and slip
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 24.1cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Tulgey Wood Foundation
Accession Number1991.654
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionLow-bodied, bulbous squash form, ribs widely spaced. Golden micaceous surface with smudging from self-consuming kiln.
Signed In script on base: Angie Yazzie Taos Pueblo 91
Provenance1991, acquired from the artist by the Brooks Indian Shop, Taos, NM; 1991, sold by the Brooks Indian Shop to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 20, 1991)