Effigy

Museum number:
2-17029
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.805
Description:
Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
1935-1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Effigies (general portraits)
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
For tourist sale. "Rain God
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee, "Southwest Indian Craft Arts," University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, p. 166, figure 6.13.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Effigy, accession number 2-17029, described as Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Effigy, accession number 2-17029, described as Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Effigy, accession number 2-17029, described as Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Effigy, accession number 2-17029, described as Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Effigy, accession number 2-17029, described as Ceramic figurine, seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Multicolored decoration on natural ground. "$.45" written in pencil on base. Molded, painted with poster paint.

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