Convergence, Defenders Descend from Portal to Pueblo
Artist
Virgil Ortiz
Cochiti Pueblo, born 1969
Date2023
MediumCochiti red clay, white clay slip, red clay slip, black pigment (wild spinach plant)
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 28 1/2 × 19 × 18 in. (72.4 × 48.3 × 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Alan and Benjamin King, Jeffrey Childers and Onay Cruz Gutierrez, Joyce Fitzpatrick and Jay Stewart, Valerie Hillings and B.J. Scheessele, Marjorie Hodges and Carlton Midyette, Stefanie and Douglas Kahn, Bonnie and John Medinger, Mindy and Guy Solie, Cathy and Jim Stuart, Libby and Lee Buck, Liza and Lee Roberts, and an anonymous donor.
Object number2023.16.1
On View
On viewRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art." March 2-July 28, 2024.
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