Corn Maiden

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Date created: 1980-1990

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Pablita Abeyta (Ta-Nez-Bah/Pablita T. Abeyta), Diné (Navajo), 1953-2017
Previous owner: Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002
Donor: Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002

Collection History: Formerly in the collection of Priscilla (Pam) M. King (1926-2002, owner of the Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia); donated to NMAI by Pam King in 1998.
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Place: Washington, DC; District of Columbia; USA (inferred)

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/4707
Barcode: 254707.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: Corn Maiden
Object Name: Sculpture
Media/Materials: Pottery, paint, turquoise
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, modeled, impressed, painted
Dimensions: 17 x 43 x 47 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b6fe2f8f-ac68-46fd-844d-4bc7188bbdc4

Record ID: NMAI_270634