Sikyátki-style polychrome bowl with bird

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Sikyátki-style polychrome bowl with bird
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (Hopi-Tewa, 1970 - 2011)
Datec. 1995-2010
MediumTerracotta with paint
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 11 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (6 × 28.9 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Juli and Gil Towell, Class of 1950, P1983
Object number2018.3.3
On view
DescriptionThis plate features a highly stylized design of an eagle with its wings spread.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Bowl with sikyakti birds
Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Juli Towell;
2011 - 2018: Juli Towell, by purchase from Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM;
? - 2011: Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, sold on behalf of or by purchase from a private collector, MN.
Markings Label: small white rectangular adhesive label with "11-08" written in black pen.
Signature Signed "[drawing of a kokopelli figure] Koopee" on pot bottom in black ink.
Inscribed "C3196B", "$5500.00" on pot bottom in pencil.
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.519
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Marie Z. Chino
Date: likely mid-1960s
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 2018.3.2
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Trini Silveira
Date: before 2008
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 2018.3.9
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.520
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Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.523
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Object number: 1984.522
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Medium: Terracotta with paint
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Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.525
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Date: c. 1980 - 1997
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Date: c. 300-500 CE
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Date: c. 610-650 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.5