Horse effigy, ceramic, brown clay incompletely post-firing glazed with pinon pitch. Mouth, eyes and mane incised, tail sculpted. Incised "L.G." under body. Dealer label on foot "W/L.G. $12".
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, 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:
Louise R. Goodman
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer, Jan Musial, and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.36 centimeters and length 9.84 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $8." References: Hartman, Russell and Musial, Jan. Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations, p. 100, Flagstaff, Arizona; Northland Publishing, 1989. Museum of Northern Arizona, Navajo Pottery, Plateau Series vol. 58 No. 2 (1987), p. 13. Made for tourist trade.