untitled jar, Nathan Begaye

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Nathan Begaye, untitled jar
Nathan Begaye, untitled jar
Nathan Begaye
untitled jar
2001
untitled jar, 2001
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: ceramic; burnishing; slip; paint
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 19.05 x 25.4 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 7 1/2 x 10 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2002.0053
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "American Indian Art at the Spencer Museum," 6-Sep-2003 to 19-Oct-2003, Andrea Norris In this simple jar, Nathan Begaye combines traditional Hopi iconography -- symbols of land, corn, lightning, thunder, rain, and other subjects important to a farming culture -- with nontraditional colors and an abstract sensibility. Some of Begaye’s other pots revive ancient forms in non traditional colors, deconstruct or reconstruct pottery shards, and use human forms as pottery shapes.