Ceramic, polished black, carved water serpent design. Signed "Severa" on bottom. Molded.
Donor:
Mrs. William Lippincott and University Appropriation
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Santa Clara
Maker or artist:
Severa Tafoya
Collector:
Mrs. William Lippincott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plates (general, dishes)
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Collector paid $12.00 for specimen. References: LeFree, Betty, "Santa Clara Pottery Today," University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1975, pp. 84, 103.