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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.

Figurine, chicken

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2011 School for Advanced Research.

Figurine, chicken

Date: 1964
Artist or Maker: Lucy Martin Lewis (1898 - 1992)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 12.1 × 14 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 in.)
Weight: 0.2 kg (0.4 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Laura Hersloff, 1964.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2946
Not on view
DescriptionAcoma polychrome chicken figurine. White slip with black and orange painted decoration. The design consists of feathers in black, and comb and beak in orange. Flat base.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Lucy M. Lewis
  • Pg. 192
  • Fig. Plate 311
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