Female skeleton figurine

Museum number:
3-17616
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030017616
Alternate number:
A412B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1966
Description:
Clay figurine; from "Feast of the Dead"; female torso with skull attached by spring; bowl of 4 clay oranges share wood base; H 7 cm. Object name was "skeleton figure, woman with basket of fruit
Donor:
Julia Roth
Collection place:
Guanajuato, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, [card "Huichol" crossed out and hand written "Guanajuato attributed by K.D. Jenkins, 1975"]
Collector:
Julia Roth
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Day of Dead [ attr Dr. Ira Jacknis], 3-17616-20 a set
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters
Comment:
H-5-1
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female skeleton figurine, accession number 3-17616, described as Clay figurine; from "Feast of the Dead"; female torso with skull attached by spring; bowl of 4 clay oranges share wood base; H 7 cm. Object name was "skeleton figure, woman with basket of fruit

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