Object Details
Culture/People
A:shiwi (Zuni)
Artist/Maker
Donna Allapowa (D. Allapowa), A:shiwi (Zuni), b. ca. 1959
Donor
Dr. John Moses, Non-Indian
Previous owner
John R. Moses, Non-Indian, 1919-2007
Collection History
Formerly in the collection of John R. Moses (1919-2007), Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs from 1962 to 1982 and a collector of Native American pottery; donated to NMAI in 2008 by his son, Dr. John Moses, in the name of John R. Moses.
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Date created
circa 1995
Catalog Number
26/7131
Barcode
267131.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Owl figure
Media/Materials
Pottery, clay slip, paint
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
Dimensions
11.0 x 8.0 cm
Place
Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_394307