Culture/People:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Betty Manygoats, Diné (Navajo), b. 1934  Search this

Donor:

Dr. John Moses, Non-Indian  Search this

Previous owner:

John R. Moses, Non-Indian, 1919-2007  Search this

Previous seller:

Bob French Navajo Rugs (Bob French's Navajo Rugs)  Search this

Object Name:

Jar

Media/Materials:

Pottery, pine pitch

Techniques:

Coiled/hand built, appliquéd, glazed

Dimensions:

17.0 x 13.0 cm

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Tonalea, Navajo Reservation; Coconino County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

Date created:

1990-1991

Collection History:

Purchased at Bob French Navajo Rugs (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in 1991 by 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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Catalog Number:

26/7144

Barcode:

267144.000

See related items:

Diné (Navajo)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fe09be95-dee8-47a9-9978-d498fb5f2bd1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_394321