Bird effigy

Museum number:
2-8244
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
31-XX (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Description:
Double-headed bird effigy, ceramic, pedestal base, exterior decoration, features and wings in dark brown on white ground, red base, beak broken and missing from one head. 14.4 cm length; 11.4 cm. height.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Acoma, Cibola County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Cibola; Acoma
Culture or time period:
Acoma
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bird motifs and Effigies (general portraits)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.4 centimeters and length 14.4 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 184
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-8244, described as Double-headed bird effigy, ceramic, pedestal base, exterior decoration, features and wings in dark brown on white ground, red base, beak broken and missing from one head. 14.4 cm length; 11.4 cm. height.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-8244, described as Double-headed bird effigy, ceramic, pedestal base, exterior decoration, features and wings in dark brown on white ground, red base, beak broken and missing from one head. 14.4 cm length; 11.4 cm. height.

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