Batah Kuhuh: Alligator Gar Fish Effigy Bottle

46" Long, 1 foot tall
hand dug clay, Red river, hand built, burnished, pitfired, engraved.
Largest piece I have ever built to date.
Caddos made effigy pots of animals in their homeland that they revered. This alligator gar is in the Rivers of the Caddo.
This piece is now in the Dallas Museum of Art in the Art of Americas exhibit.
1st Place Artesian
1st Place REd Earth
2nd Place Eiteljorg
2nd Place Cherokee Art Market
3rd Place SEASAM
2nd place TOTAS