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  • Tags: Tan

Bowl

Wheel-turned; swirled, mixed clay of blue, brown, cream, and tan colors. Interior has blue speckled translucent yellow glaze. Inverted vase; short, straight; sided body; abrupt, horizontal shoulders; inverted rim with flattened, glazed lip. "Niloak"…

Bowl

Wheel-turned; swirled, mixed clay of tan, cream, blue and reddish brown colors. Interior has opaque blue and white swirled glaze to rim. Flat, upturned base; convex, short body; slightly expanding rim with flattened lip. "Niloak" stamped in art…

Bust, Head of Hygieia

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Head of Hygieia.

Pentelic marble head mounted on black base. Long oval face, turned slightly to her right. Eyes framed by clearly defined lids. Nose leads from upright forehead to small slightly open mouth with curved lips and full, round chin.…

Caliche

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One specimen of caliche, a secondary deposit of calcium carbonate.

Candlestick

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Wheel-turned; swirled, mixed clay of cream, tan, with blue on rim. Unglazed. Interior hollow with plug near the top acting as base for candle. Broad base; biconcave base-body-rim outline. Two parallel indentations encircling lower body, one ridge…

Ceramic, Jar

Swirl vase, brown and tan. Niloak material.

Dilwynn Paxson Collection

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…

Figurine, Fawn

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