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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

"Dragonfly Vase"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

"Dragonfly Vase"

Date: 2003
Artist or Maker: Elijah Naranjo-Smith (b. 1979)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Weight: 0.3 kg (0.75 lb.)
Medium: clay | volcanic ash (temper) | slip
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2003.
Object Number: SAR.2003-21-1
Not on view
DescriptionSeed jar created during artist's fellowship in May 2003 (Dubin Fellow). Medium size seed jar with polished dark brown slip. Slip etched away to reveal light beige clay of pot, causing raised designs. Four dragonflies surround shoulder of pot, with small lightning rod between them. Geometric designs surround small hole at top of pot, and also surround base of pot. Band of dark brown micaceous slip surrounds center.
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