Miniature double spout wedding vase with connection handle, coiled ceramic. Red/brown with tan/black fire clouds. Light incised decoration with tip of ice cream stick. 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:
Della Goodman
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade. Wedding vase.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9.13 centimeters and height 16.1 centimeters