Vessel depicting the Water Spirit Avanyu
Severa Gutierrez Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo / American, 1890 - 1973, Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha P'o), Southwest
about 1930-1950
Blackened terracotta
Overall: 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12 × 20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: The Alice Cox Collection, Class of 1939hW
177.9.25689
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Classification
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscription
Scratched on base: "Se...ra Santa Clara"
Exhibition History
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
Provenance
Collected by Alice Macy Ray Cox (1891-1975) (widow of Dartmouth English Professor Sidney Hayes Cox, 1889-1952), 1930s-1940s; given to her daughter, Barbara Alden Cox Vallarino (Mrs. Joaquin Jose Vallarino Jr., Dartmouth Class of 1943W); given to present collection, 1977.
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