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Collections: Arts of the Americas: Tile

Tile

Culture: Pueblo, Hopi, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Place Made: First Mesa, Arizona, USA
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15.5 x 9.5 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: X1047.3
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Image: Overall, X1047.3_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Rectangular flat tile, decorated with white slip. Design of double isoceles triangle in brown slip flanked by black C-shaped elements on either side. Black border and frame. Made with a mold. CONDITION: Crack which has been mended in center of tile. Holes in upper and lower center, a red ribbon threaded through the holes. Upper right and lower right corners are chipped.

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