“Ancestors” Pot

Artist Natasha Smoke Santiago (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk, Turtle Clan)

Date2013

MediumClay

Dimensions10 7/8” H x 11” Diam

SignedOn bottom: Natasha Smoke Santiago 2013

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by the Mortimer C. Howe Fund

Object numberNA2013.05.HOW

DescriptionLarge hand-coiled, pinched, and sponge textured pot of white clay in traditional form with eight castellations. There are hatched triangles around the neck. Impressed circles in the castellations and the bottom border of the collar. Small punctate design around upper border. Primary ornamentation is the relief effigy of a male face and hand based on a portrait of Cornplanter. He wears a feather headdress and earrings and holds a traditional pipe in his hands.

ClassificationsVessels

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