Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Figurine, turtle
Date: 1960s
Artist or Maker: Anita Lowden (1930-1979)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 4.5 × 11 × 13 cm (1 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Weight: 110 g (3.88 oz.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Bequest of Estelle Rebec; received at IARC in 2006.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2007-1-514
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit November 29-30, and December 1, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 7”): This turtle is handmade with traditional materials including the clay and paints. Not much more was said about this turtle.
According to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit May 22-24, 2018 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 11”: The artist Anita Lowden, passed in 1969. Donna Chino, her niece, stated that Anita often worked with her sister Sarah Garcia. Their works are very similar. This piece was likely made in the 1960’s.
In Collection(s)
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