Ohkay Owingeh Redware Vase

Namevase

Datec. 1920

Mediumclay, paint

Dimensions11 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (29.2 × 22 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Zama May

CultureTewa | Ohkay Owingeh | San Juan

MarkingsA396 printed on base.

Object numberA1996-1-288

ClassificationsMay Collection

DescriptionHand coiled and scraped, flat circular base, wall rounded to high shoulder, constricting to tall neck and thick rolled rim, restricted vessel, slipped, burnished, orange-buff ground, dark red-brown on exterior, partially on base and just inside of interior of rim. Incised design consists of stylized Avanyu water serpent around shoulder, incised band around neck of vertically elongated, narrow wing-like elements that gradually taper to point at proximal end near rim.

InterpretationsPer Stefani Salkeld, 1996:"Burnished, and matte-painted design of Avanyu, with bird tracks; oxidation fired. Artist's name illegible."

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