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Figurine, Fawn

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Effigy ceramic titled "Startled Fawn." Red on cream slip. Negative "spots" on fawn.

Vase

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Camark pottery vase.

Molded; flat base; slender body widening near rim. Slipped, blue to yellow separted by combination green and yellow. Portion apparently slipped rather quickly. Blue base bears small portion of Camark seal. Interior slipped…

Doll, George Glenn

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Doll of George Glenn. Cowboy, 1870, African American male, tan cowboy hat, green sweater, and orange gun hoister.

Starting in the 1960s, I. Roberta Bell, a Chicago school teacher, created a set of 26 dolls to help teach African American history to…

Doll, Mary McLeod Bethune

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Doll depicting Mary McLeod Bethune. African American female, gray hair in bun style, gray wool jacket and skirt, rose blouse, lavender flower in lapel, tan socks, black shoes, red stone ring on right hand, diamond ring on left.

Starting in the…

Ceramic, Face Jug

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Face jug with neck and opening at the top; loop handle. Face has two ears, eyes, a nose, mouth with prominent teeth made of stones. Glaze is green/brown/black. Signed by Lanier Meaders on the bottom.

Bowl

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Blackware bowl. Short, broad body with incurving rim, flat base. Exterior highly polished. Matte black design motif on upper third of body, consisting of four stepped triangles running diagonally from rim to nattor band above body midpoint.…

Coin

2 paisa, dated 1958.
100 paisa = 1 ruree.
Face: trident, sun bust, Nepalese script.
Back: Nepalese script, number 2 in center.

Candlestick

Wheel-turned, "swirled," clay of dark brown, blue & cream. Brood, flat base, body straight & tapering slightly from base to rim. Unglazed. No makers' mark. See also 74-955-2

Possibly an early form, since the earlier pieces are thought to have been…

Candlestick

Wheel-turned, swirled mixed clay of dark brown, blue & cream - brown predominating. Unglazed; no makers' mark. Broad, flat base, body straight & tapering slightly from base to rim. See also 74-955-1.

Possibly an early form, since the earlier…

Vase

Wheel-turned; swirled mixed clay of brown, blue and cream colors. Interior glazed slightly upturned base; body expanding to rounded shoulders; shoulder sloping in to wide, short neck; rim sharply flaring and wide. "Niloak" stamped in art letters on…