Spear Form

© John Mason
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Spear Form

United States, 1963
Sculpture
Stoneware
59 1/2 x 24 x 10 in. (151.13 x 60.96 x 25.4 cm)
Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund (AC1997.38.1)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

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