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View 1, deer panel, painted by Noreen Simplicio.

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"Tribute Pot"

Date: 2016

Artist or Maker: Timothy Edaakie (1974 - 2020)

Artist or Maker: Jaycee Nahohai

Artist or Maker: Anderson Peynetsa

Artist or Maker: Bobby Silas

Artist or Maker: Noreen Simplicio

Artist or Maker: Eileen Yatsattie (b. 1960)

Dimensions:

Dimensions: H: 31.2 × Dia: 38 cm (12 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Weight: 5.1 kg (11.15 lb.)

Medium: clay | paints

Credit Line: Gift of the artists, in memory of Randy Nahoahi, 2017.

Place Made:

Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America

Object Number: SAR.2017-1-1

On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

DescriptionA large water jar with painted neck and body. Four panels on jar's body. Bobby Silas built the jar and Jaycee Nahohai, Randy Nahohai’s son, painted the design around the neck. The remaining four artists each painted a decorative panel—Noreen Simplicio, the deer motif; Timothy Edaakie, the frog motif; Eileen Yatsattie, the abstract bird heads; and Andrew Peynetsa, the stepped clouds design. Base painted dark brown. Many of the paints used in the piece belonged to Randy Nahohai. Some of the design elements were his as well, such as the round dot that appears in the center of the line, which breaks at two points on the jar.

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Bibliography:

School for Advanced Research Annual Report 2016-2017

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