Owl storyteller
Object Details
- Culture/People
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Artist/Maker
- Quanita Kalestewa, A:shiwi (Zuni), b. 1932
- Donor
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Previous owner
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007); donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2003.
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- Date created
- 1985-2000
- Catalog Number
- 26/4128
- Barcode
- 264128.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Owl storyteller
- Object Name
- Owl storyteller figure
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 14 x 15 x 14 cm
- Place
- Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_280298
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a0b63b50-c6b4-4b5a-8307-7b33e31c115b
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