Bird bowl
Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1964
- Catalog Number
- 25/9744
- Barcode
- 259744.000
- Culture/People
- K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Artist/Maker
- Legoria Tafoya (Legoria Velarde/Juanita K'po), K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo), 1911-1984
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Bird bowl
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, burnished
- Dimensions
- 21.4 x 15.7 x 9.9 cm
- Place
- Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Reservation; Rio Arriba County; New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_275833
- Usage
- CC0
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