Pear-Shaped Blackwar Miniature Jar, with Turquoise Inset
This is a miniature pear-shaped blackware pottery jar, with a star design around a central insert turquoise. On the reverse is a buffalo executed in sgraffito etching. The vessel was reportedly made by Elmer Red Starr (Elk), who was born into the Sioux Nation in Wisconsin in 1...
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32017
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object
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normalized
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Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore, MD; given to Walters Art Museum, 1984.
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CC0
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en
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7
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Medium
pottery with black glaze