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Legoria (Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo), working about 1950)
Native American, Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo)
about 1950
Object Place: Santa Clara, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with polished slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2cm (4in.); diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.733
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionAvanyu (sea serpent) decoration carved into shoulder of bowl. Vessel accompanied by woven, wreath-like base. This piece was reduction fired and burnished.
Signed
On base in script: Legoria / Sta Clara Pueblo
ProvenanceBetween about 1955 and 1960, acquired by Margret Craver Withers (b. 1907 - d. 2010), Boston; 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)