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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2018 School for Advanced Research.

Canteen

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2018 School for Advanced Research.

Canteen

Date: 2001
Artist or Maker: Harold Littlebird (b.1951 -)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 24.1 × 24.1 cm (9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
Weight: 2.1 kg (4.6 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints | leather
Credit Line: Gift of David and Katherin Chase, 2018.
Object Number: SAR.2018-5-9
Not on view
DescriptionA flattened, round canteed decorated in different styles. Most of it contains painted petroglyph style figures scattered irregularly on the surface. One hummingbird and an adjacent geometric object are painted blue. Next to the painted area is an area of incised linear, but curved, bands. Separated by a band of small painted dots is an area that has short linear features made of clay extending from the dotted line. The clay is a light grey.
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