Coiled ceramic, smoothed, brown, applique tail, ears and snout. Incised eyes, nostrils and mouth. Wide top slit for money. Thin external application of post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Cow Springs, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Coconino; Cow Springs
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Lorena Bartlett [Navajo]
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade.
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8.4 centimeters, length 14.8 centimeters, and diameter 12 centimeters