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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Frog Vessel

Person or group, or a general cultural designation, belonging to the Zuñi, Western Pueblo, Native North American culture. [Getty ULAN]

Fechaca. 1880
MedioClay and clay slip
Dimensiones8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (21.6 x 29.8 cm)
Marca(s)old paper label found inside vessel with handwritten inscriptions: Zuni / water bowl. / pool of water with / frogs leaping into it / [illegible] of enamel / work died out with / family
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, in memory of Margaret Wiltsee, Lee's Summit, MO, 2020.119
ClasificaciónCeramics
ProcedenciaMr. Wiltsee, 1880; by descent to Margaret Wiltsee, Lee’s Summit, MO; by bequest to Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, mid-1980s; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
En exhibición
Frog Vessel8.5 × 11.8 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 14× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.