Owl
Owl
Owl
Owl
Owl
Owl

On view

Latin American Art

Owl,

ca. 1880

Artist unidentified
She-we-na (Zuni)
Historic
PU 7725

Information

Title
Owl
Dates

ca. 1880

Maker
Artist unidentified
Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip
Dimensions
19 × 15.6 × 18.3 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 7725
Place Collected

North America, United States, New Mexico, She-we-na (Zuni) Pueblo, Colorado Plateau

Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Zuñi
Type
ceramics, figurines
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic
Subject
grotesques, figures (representations), owls

Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) by 1882; given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882.

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