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Feather plate
Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka or Water Pond Lily) (Powhogeh Owingeh (San Ildefonso Pueblo), 1887–1980)
and: Popovi Da (1923–1971)
and: Popovi Da (1923–1971)
Native American, San Ildefonso Pueblo
1960
Object Place: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Blackware with polished and matte decoration
Dimensions
Height x width: 1 11/16 x 11 1/2 in. (4.3 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Hy and Shirley Zaret
Accession Number2011.1690
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
Signed
On reverse: Maria / Popovi
Inscriptions"1/60" is inscribed into the clay, beneath the artist's signature.
Sticker on front of plate: "5-6/06/2008 / 1575 / Pierre Berge & Ass."
Sticker on reverse of plate: "132"
Sticker on front of plate: "5-6/06/2008 / 1575 / Pierre Berge & Ass."
Sticker on reverse of plate: "132"
Provenance2003, sold by Mark Sublette, Medicine Man Gallery, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe, NM to Hy Zaret (b. 1907 – d. 2007), Westport, CT; 2007, by inheritance to Shirley Zaret, Boston; June 5-6, 2008, Zaret collection sale, Pierre Bergé et Associés, Brussels, lot 1575, unsold; 2011, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)