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Vase, Chief Shavehead
Grace Youngca. 1899
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Slender oviform vase with flared neck decorated with portrait of an Indian brave in profile wearing full-feathered headdress and striped blanket in shades of ochre, green, brown and deep orange, on a dark brown ground.CONDITION: Drilled. Some scratches to glaze, especially lower part of Indian.
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Details
- Title: Vase, Chief Shavehead
- Creator Lifespan: American, 1869-1947
- Creator Nationality: American
- Date Created: ca. 1899
- Location Created: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Type: Vessel
- Rights: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1699/Vase_Chief_Shavehead
- Medium: Glazed earthenware
- Signed: no signature
- Markings: Impressed on bottom: "[stamp consisting of reversed RP monogram surrounded by 13 flames] /856 /B"Incised by hand on bottom, in script: "- Shavehead - /- Arapahoe - "
- Inscribed: no inscriptions
- Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 6 x 6 in. (39.4 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
- Decorator: Grace Young
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession number: 84.176.4
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