Miniature pot/vessel

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Date created: 1978

Culture/People: Hopi-Tewa
Artist/Maker: Thomas Polacca (Thomas Polacca Nampeyo/Tom Polacca Nampeyo), Hopi-Tewa, 1935-2003
IACB source: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Previous owner: 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 1979; 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: Polacca, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items: Hopi-Tewa; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5923
Barcode: 255923.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Miniature pot/vessel
Media/Materials: Pottery, paint
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, carved, burnished, painted, engraved
Dimensions: 6 x 5.7 x 6.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66ff53205-46c9-497d-8e4c-954784641ca9

Record ID: NMAI_271789