Miniature pot/vessel with avanyu (water serpent) design

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Date created: 1971

Culture/People: K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)
Artist/Maker: Grace Medicine Flower (Grace Tafoya /Grace Hoover), K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)/Pojoaque Pueblo, b. 1938 and Camilio Sunflower Tafoya, K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo), 1902-1995
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)

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1971; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Reservation; Rio Arriba County; New Mexico; USA

See related items: K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9796
Barcode: 259796.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Miniature pot/vessel with avanyu (water serpent) design
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, burnished, engraved
Dimensions: 5.8 x 11.2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f62dc601-746a-492b-b2f8-c86afe086ce1

Record ID: NMAI_275885