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