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Pottery vase

Artist Antoinette Silas Honie (Hopi/ Laguna (Tewa/Keres) Pueblo (Kachina Clan))

MediumClay, pigment

Dimensions5 1/2” H x 5 3/4” W

Signed“Antoinette Honie Hopi Tewa” on bottom

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNA2012.52.LMA

DescriptionHand-coiled cream-colored jar with many small designs mostly in black with a few red ochre accents. Base of plain tall neck and top of shoulder are set off by encircling thin horizontal lines and zigzags. Between these lines are alternating triangles with dabbled black and solid black with spirals. Designs around the pot include checkerboard, feather, leaf, bird wing/ feather, steps, and others.

ClassificationsVessels

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