Blackware Jar with Kim Knife Chief
Harrison Begay Jr., American, Dine (Navajo), born 1961
Diné (Navajo)
not dated
Blackened terracotta
Overall: 7 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (17.8 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum Family
2022.71.24
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th-21st century
Object Name
Jar
Research Area
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on bottom, incised: [in center of outline of a vessel, with three dots outside on right]: HARRISON 01 K.K.
Exhibition History
Bold Expressions: The Collection of Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum, Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia, March 10-July 9, 2023.
Provenance
Arnold and Lorlee Tenenbaum Collection, Savannah, Georgia; by descent to Ann Tenenbaum, Brian Tenenbaum, Margot Tenenbaum, Alison Tenenbaum; gifted to present collection 2022.
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