Canteen

1996

Artist

Virgil Ortiz, Cochiti, American, 1969-: Born: Cochiti pueblo; Work Locations: Cochiti pueblo; Active Dates: 1975- present

Culture

Cochiti

Country

United States

Object

canteen

Medium

Clay, paint, leather, and sinew

Accession Number

2003.1198

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia Vogel Mattern

Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti), Canteen, 1996. Clay, paint, leather, and sinew; 5⅞ x 11 x 7¼ in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Virginia Vogel Mattern, 2003.1198. © Virgil Ortiz

Dimensions

height: 5 7/8 in, 14.9225 cm; length: 11 in, 27.9400 cm; depth: 7 1/4 in, 18.4150 cm

Inscription

Signed on base: "Virgil Ortiz / 96 / Cochiti Pueblo" with an abstract figure.

Department

Native Arts

Collection

Indigenous Arts of North America

This object is currently on view

Known Provenance

Purchased 1996 from (Gallery 10) Santa Fe, New Mexico by Virginia Vogel Mattern; gifted 12/9/2003 to the Denver Art Museum

Exhibition History

“Stampede: Animals in Art” — Denver Art Museum, 9/10/2017