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Judge's Choice Award
~ $200.00 ~ Courtesy of Ralph & Ingeborg Silberschlag ~
"Diné Ceremonial Cooking Jar"
by Damon H. Tso, Jr., Navajo
Photos by Jannelle Weakly
Description: Early 20th centruy cooking jar shape with corn handles, Artist's own ke' design. Made of red commercial clay, hand coiled. Black paint is from bee plant and mineral rocks. Corn shaped handles have white native clay slip. Finished with Pino Pine pitch, the surface is burnished with stone inside and out. Kiln fired.
About this Award: This award is also called the "passion award". Each juror selects one piece after all other awards have been decided. The Judge's Choice Awards are designed to bring recognition to a work that each juror, independently, feels is outstanding. These pieces may have been overlooked due to the limited number of awards or because they fell outside other award categories.
Jurors' Comments:
J. Ware: It's a traditional cooking jar shape with unusual corn handles, pinon-pitched burnished surface, superbly executed. A real winner!
Damon H. Tso, Jr.
