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Effigy pot
Peter B. Jones (Native American (Iroquois culture, Onondaga), born in 1947)
Native American, Onondaga Iroquois
1993
Object Place: Cattaraugus Reservation (Seneca Nation), New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Earthenware, grapevine
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 13.3 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Fraser Family Foundation
Accession Number1993.176a-b
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBrown-ochre clay with smoke clouds at rim. Spherical body with castellated square lip. Incised geometric pattern on neck with faces at each of four castellations. Vessel sits on wreath of twisted twigs.
Signed
On bottom in script: PB Jones/'93
Provenance1993, consigned by the artist to Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY; 1993, sold by Shoestring Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)