Artist:

Faye Tso, born Tuba City, Navajo Nation, AZ 1933  Search this

Medium:

fired clay with piñon pitch

Dimensions:

14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm) diam.

Type:

Decorative Arts-Ceramic

Folk Art

Date:

1987

Luce Center Label:

Faye Tso decorates many of her pieces with Ye’i (deity figures), corn maidens, and ceremonial scenes to express Navajo beliefs and rituals. She experiments with different clay slips, and often applies the dung of sheep, goats, and cattle to the clay during the firing process (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, 1994). This changes the color of the clay from a golden orange to a deep brown or black.

Topic:

Figure group\female  Search this

Indian\Navajo  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Object number:

1997.124.176

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

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

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7949cf824-27d5-4565-bbf8-901caa5f5d3e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1997.124.176