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Water jar
Water jar

Water jar

Margaret Tafoya (Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo), 1904–2001)
Alcario Tafoya (Kha-’Po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo), 1900–1995)
about 1963
Object PlaceSanta Clara, New Mexico, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with polished slip
DimensionsOverall: 43.8cm (17 1/4 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 33 cm (13in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by John S. Montgomery
Accession number1996.334
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
ProvenanceApril 1963, sold by the artist, Santa Clara, CA, to Ward R. Vickery (b. 1908 - d. 1994), Wichita, KS and Taos, NM, for the Vickery Oil Company collection; collection passed by from Ward Vickery to his daughter, Lucinda Vickery and her husband, Hal Ottaway, Wichita; sold by Lucinda Vickery and Hal Ottaway to Anthony Sobin Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; 1996, sold by Anthony Sobin Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1996)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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