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Bowl (Tetsa) Decorated with Animal and Human Figures

Culture: Navajo, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (10.0 x 21.5 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 03.325.3799
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 03.325.3799.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Buff colored pottery bowl with dark red slip figures painted on exterior and interior. Rim is also painted with red slip. Figure painted on the exterior is a large red deer. On the opposite exterior side of the bowl is a small abstract design that may be the artist's signature. Figures representing a man with a headdress (bottom of the bowl), a man with a hat on horseback, and 3 deer (facing right) are painted on the interior in red slip.

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