Horse hair pot
Artist
Shirley Smith
DateLate 20th C
MediumClay, hair, stone, white clay, horse hair, simulated turquoise
Dimensions13 7/8” H x 7” Diameter of vase opening, 12” D
SignedOn bottom: S. Smith Navajo
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Frank Pommersheim ’65
Object numberNA2009.37.POM
DescriptionMold-made white ceramic vase with wide flaring rim, and globular body. Surface includes thin linear designs made by the inclusion of horse hair in the firing process. A hand-etched spiral with radiating triangular elements has a simulated turquoise bead at the center.
ClassificationsVessels
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Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
