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Artist/Maker
Jacob Myron Koopee
(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.
Collections
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.).
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.
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.
Trini Silveira
Date: before 2008
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 2018.3.9
Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
Medium: Terracotta with paint, wood, and feathers
Object number: 2018.3.6