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Owl figure

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  • Figure

    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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    A:shiwi (Zuni)
    Sculpture/Carving/Figures

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ca65fc3c-b5f5-4468-a8ea-44e712aa4447

    Record ID

    NMAI_394307

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