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Olla (water jar)

Dora Tse-Pé (Native American, born in 1939)

Native American, San Ildefonso Pueblo

1992

Object Place: San Ildefonso, New Mexico, United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Earthenware with polished slip and turquoise

Dimensions Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Lois and Stephen Kunian, Mary-Louise Meyer in memory of Norman Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Dumaine , and Mrs. Lillian Bombaci

Accession Number1992.522

ON VIEW
Native North American Art Gallery (Gallery LG34)

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware

DescriptionBlack polished pot with sculptural serpent around shoulder and rim. Serpent eye of inlaid turquoise; upper rim is sienna.

Signed On base: Dora / of / San Ildefonso / 1992

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Provenance1992, sold by the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1992)