Bowl

Margaret Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Native American

About 1925-1950

Titles Bowl (Descriptive)
Artist Margaret Tafoya, American, Tewa people, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, 1904 - 2001
Medium fired clay and slip (blackware)
Dimensions 5 x 10 in. Diam. (12.7 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Frank Boon, 1985.4
Work Type bowl
Classification Containers
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The joints are all fastened with wood pegs. No top. Practically the same design on both sides. (See diagram on accession card.)

Cylindrical vessel with painted, rawhide interior and tanned white deer hide exterior; beaded imagery includes woman dangling from rope and two trees; stars and constellations in Swarovski crystals; porcupines, hands, ants, and portrait heads are in silver.

Crown of feathers, ermine pieces, and two eagle claws.

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