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Tile

Culture: Pueblo, Hopi, Native American
Medium: Clay, slip
Place Made: First Mesa, Arizona, USA
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions: (8.5 x 7.6 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: X1047.7
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Image: Overall, X1047.7_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Rectangular flat tile, with white slip. Head of a kachina doll with elaborate headdress, two half-circles at the bottom of the tile. A brown slip overall, double black border. No holes. Made in a mold. CONDITION: Good.

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