Ceramic, with 19 applique clay horned toads. Red-brown with many dark fire clouds. Post-fired glaze of pinon pitch. Flat bottom incised "BM". Dealer label "150.-".
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shonto, Navajo County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Navajo; Shonto
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Betty Manygoats
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade. Wedding vase.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 52.2 centimeters and width 35.3 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $112.50." References: Hartman, Russell and Musial, Jan. Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1989. pp. 19, 48. Anii Anaadaalyaa'' Igii (Recent Ones That Are Made): Continuity and Innovation in Recent Navajo Art. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico. July 10-October 30, 1988. p. 22.