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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2022 School for Advanced Research.

Canteen, miniature

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2022 School for Advanced Research.

Canteen, miniature

Date: 1994
Artist or Maker: Wanda Aragon (b. 1948)
Dimensions:
4.4 × 6.4 cm (1 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Medium: clay | paints | leather
Credit Line: Gift of Susan L. Q. Flaherty, in honor of Dora Tse Pe', potter of San Ildefonso.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2021-1-25
On view at the Indian Arts Research Center, Santa Fe, NM
DescriptionPolychrome canteen decorated with painted moth or butterfly and another animal figure. Lizard heads for canteen knobs to which thin leather strap is tied.
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