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

"Mimbres Turtle"

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

"Mimbres Turtle"

Date: 1993
Dimensions:
12.7 × 14 cm (5 × 5 1/2 in.)
Medium: gourd | paints | turquoise
Credit Line: Gift of Susan L. Q. Flaherty, in honor of Dora Tse Pe', potter of San Ildefonso.
Object Number: TIN.2020-3-71
On view at the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM
DescriptionPainted gourd decorated with a turtle painted in black. A small turquoise cabochon is at the center of the turtle's shell.
In Collection(s)
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