Object ID: 2015.04.161
ethnographic
White Wedding Vase with Corn
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Catalog Record
Culture/Ethnicity: Isleta Pueblo
Object Name: Vase
Other Name: Wedding Vase
Artist/Creator: Caroline Carpio
Locale: Isleta Pueblo
Use: Decorative
Construction: Coiled/Sculpted
Height: 22.86
Length: 0
Width: 22.86
Location: Kent Hall, East Gallery, Unit_8, Shelf_2
Description: This white vessel has two spouts with 5 stair-step pyramids cut into the spout openings. There is a twisted handle that connects the two spouts. One side of the vessel has an etched circle with a figure in the center resembling a zia or a cross and outside the circle there is a cut-out half circle design all the way around that is textured on the interior. The opposing side has a piece of 3-D corn complete with stalk and silks.
Source: Phillip L. Boucher