Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Turtle, figurine
Date: before 2006
Artist or Maker: Iris Lucario
Dimensions:
5.6 × 4.1 × 1.7 cm (2 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 11/16 in.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Bequest of Estelle Rebec; received at IARC in 2006.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.2007-1-449
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit May 22-24, 2018 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 11”: This figurine is made with natural traditional materials. The artist of this turtle is Iris Lucario. Her mother, Rebecca Lucario, is a well-known Acoma potter. She was likely around the age of nine when she made this turtle. She confirmed, via a photo that was texted to her, that she did make this. Her sister, Amanda Lucario, who attended this review also confirmed this was Iris’s work.
In Collection(s)
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