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

Figure, woman

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

Figure, woman

Date: early 1980s
Artist or Maker: Nora Naranjo-Morse (b.1953)
Dimensions:
18.8 × 10.2 × 13.2 cm (7 3/8 × 4 × 5 3/16 in.)
Medium: clay | paint
Credit Line: Gift of Robert and Joan Pratt, 2005.
Object Number: SAR.2005-13-33
Not on view
DescriptionFigure of a standing woman wearing an orange dress with a full skirt. Her head is the natural color of the clay, with shallow indents for eyes and a small, open hole for a mouth. Her hair is indicated by incised lines and arranged into two buns, with one bun above the other. Her hands are in fists at her waist, as though holding her dress. The dress is painted in orange slip, with incised lines to emphasize folds.
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