Pottery
Name/Title
PotteryEntry/Object ID
2018.3.33Description
Property P31: Tony Garcia, White Bear, Object: pottery, Artist/Maker: Garcia, Tony 1962 - 2011/ Acoma, Title/Model: White Bear, Date/Region: ca. 1990 / NM, Medium/Technique: earthenware, hand carved/slip cast, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 5.85" H x 8" W x 1.75" deep, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, "T. Garcia Acoma NM CZA", Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A sleek stylized bear, with head lowered, is carved away on the midsection in a bear claw design. Toward the hind quarter of the bear, in upside-down sgraffito heart-shape is a small raised bear. Small raised dots of turquoise line the edge of the carved-out bear claw. In pencil; "$60". A card reading; "Tony Garcia Jr. Acoma Pueblo, Hand-Carved Pottery, San Fidel, NM 87049 P.O. Box 1, 505-552-6260" and a verse "Bear Claw Design" accompany the bear.Collection
NATIVE AMERICANMade/Created
Artist
A. & J. CarneyDate made
circa 1990Ethnography
Cultural Region
State/Province
New MexicoCulture/Tribe
Acoma Pueblo
Native American