Tewa Tales of Suspense! (Priest Killer)
Jason Garcia (Okuu Pin'), Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha P'o) / American, born 1973
Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha P'o)
Southwest
about 2018
Native clay tile, painted with native clay slips and pit fired
Overall: 11 × 8 1/4 × 5/8 in. (27.9 × 21 × 1.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
2019.39.2
Geography
Place Made: Santa Clara Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in paint, on reverse, middle center: TEWA TALES OF SUSPENSE! / PRIEST KILLER; signed, in paint, on reverse, lower center: OKuu PIN’ / TURTLE MOUNTAIN; inscribed, in paint, on reverse, lower left: R14
Course History
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Nathaniel Kitchel, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22, 2022-March 12, 2023.
Provenance
King Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2019.
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