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Staff Purchase Award
~ $300.00 ~ Courtesy of Arizona State Museum Staff ~
"Face Pot"
by Wanda Aragon, Acoma Pueblo
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Photos by Jannelle Weakly
Wanda Aragon
Description: Traditional Acoma-style pot in the shape of a face with earrings. Handmade from native clay and hand-painted with native clays and paints collected on the reservation. Kiln fired.
About this Award: Art works winning purchase awards become part of the museum's permanent collections. They are chosen for their technique and artistry as well as for the way in which they compare and contrast with other items in our collections.
Jurors' Comments:
D. Dittemore & S. Griset: We chose this pot to put a "new face" on our contemporary pottery collection as we move it to its new digs. (The ASM pottery collection will be moved to a new climate-controlled, viewable storage vault beginning in late 2006.)
