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Tile with a warrior or guard katsina

about 1892–99
Object PlaceHopi, Arizona, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with slip paint
Dimensions18.1 x 9.84 x 1.27 cm (7 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number1998.5
On View
On view
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Collections
ProvenanceBy the 1970s, Tony Berlant, Santa Monica, CA [see note]; December 4, 1997, anonymous (consigned by Tony Berlant) sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 200, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 18, 1998)

NOTE: Said to have been in his collection for at least 20 years at the time of the Sotheby's sale.
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