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Vessel with Feathered Serpent (Avanyu)

Maria Martinez and San Ildefonso Pueblo

Vessel with Feathered Serpent (Avanyu)

Tewa, 1919

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Vessel with Feathered Serpent (Avanyu)

Tewa, 1919

Physical Qualities Ceramic, H. 9 13/16 x Diam. 7 1/16 in. (25 x 18 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number 1953.220.C.16
Avanyu is the symbol of water and lightening
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.

Inscribed: ON BOTTOM: written, 'Marie'

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