Object Details
Artist
Myra Tso Kaye, born Tuba City, AZ 1961
Luce Center Label
Navajo artist Myra Tso Kaye learned to make pottery from her mother, Faye Tso, who is also represented in this collection (Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector’s Guide, 1996). Inspired by her mother's work, Kaye decorated this cooking pot with an ear of corn as a symbol of Navajo beliefs and rituals.
Luce Object Quote
"When I work with the yellow and gray clay from Black Mesa, I get a spiritual high, and the high comes only at my mother's house in Tuba City, and only when I'm working in the Navajo Way." Myra Tso Kaye, quoted in Chuck and Jan Rosenak, The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, 1994
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock
Date
1988
Object number
1997.124.158
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Folk Art
Medium
fired clay with piñon pitch
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (27.3 x 16.5 cm) diam.
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Department
Decorative Arts
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28B
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Object\vegetable\corn
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1997.124.158