Donor: Lorrie L. Greene / Culture or time period: Southwestern Native American / Materials: Clay - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 2-72194, described as coiled pot; wide belly; narrow, flat top opening (4 cm). Light tan finish decorated with a bas relief running deer on one side and deer dancer on the other in brown and tan. Tiny deer tracks decorate in a row across the pot. Background is scratch decorated with various symbols. C.R. Claw Nampeyo, potter, 1989.

Hearst Museum object titled Story teller figure, accession number 2-72158, described as ceramic story teller figure; seated woman with short legs spread wide. Holds 6 babies each holding a piece of pottery (jar, plate, wedding vase, etc.) in her encircling arms and a boy baby sits on each leg holding a drum. Skin is cream slip, hair, clothing and pots/drums painted with brown and red slip. Story teller has oval, open mouth and closed, lidded eyes, pinched nose. Boys wear a tied headband; girls without head decorations. Story teller has a topknot with a decorated headband across it and a cape decorated with a corn plant on her back. Mary E. Toya, potter.