Seed jar
Seed jar

On view

Latin American Art
Princeton Collects

Seed jar,

late 20th or early 21st century

Dorothy Torivio, Haak'u (Acoma), 1946–2011; born and died Haak'u (Acoma) Pueblo, NM
2022-178

Information

Title
Seed jar
Dates

late 20th or early 21st century

Maker
Dorothy Torivio
Medium
Ceramic with white slip and black slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 21.5 × diam. 16.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim Maddox, Class of 1965, and Lucy Maddox
Object Number
2022-178
Place Made

North America, United States, New Mexico, Haak’u (Acoma) Pueblo, Colorado Plateau

Signatures
Signed in paint on the bottom: Dorothy Torivio, Acoma, N.M.
Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Acoma
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics

[King Galleries, Santa Fe (NM)]; purchased by Jim Maddox, by 2022; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum by Jim Maddox and Lucy Maddox, 2022.

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