Object ID: 2015.04.216
ethnographic
Hummingbird Wedding Vase
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Catalog Record
Culture/Ethnicity: Jemez Pueblo
Object Name: Vase
Other Name: Wedding Vase
Artist/Creator: Helen Tafoya Henderson
Locale: Zuni Pueblo
Use: Decorative
Construction: Coiled
Height: 15.24
Length: 0
Width: 12.065
Location: Kent Hall, East Gallery, Unit_8, Shelf_3
Description: This vessel has two spouts and a connected handle. One of the two spouts is completely tan with no other markings than the mica in the clay. This vessel was decorated using the sgraffito style and has a depiction of a humming bird in deep red with a turquoise eye on each side. The parts of the spouts above the black line have been polished as has the decoration and the bottom of the vessel.
Source: Phillip L. Boucher