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Vase
EarthenwareDecorated by Grace Young (American,
1869-1947),
Rookwood Pottery (1880-1967), Cincinnati, Ohio, 1901.
Mark: "GY" cypher, date symbol.
"907C" and "Pablino
Diaz (Kiowa)" inscribed on bottom
Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection, 1993.129
Painted on this vase is a portrait of a specific
Native American,
Pablino Diaz Kiowa. His sad and stoic expression is
typical of
photographic portraits of Indians at the turn of the
century,
which sought to convey a sense of dignified suffering.
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