Head of mary

Museum number:
3-15533
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030015533
Accession number:
Acc.1186
Description:
Passion figure, ceramic, bisque fired, hollow, handpainted; head of sorrowing virgin, L 8.2 cm X W 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection place:
Guanajuato, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Guanajuato
Collector:
Leroy W. Hahn and Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection date:
1954
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Clay, and Paint (coating)
Person depicted:
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Object of veneration
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters and length 8.2 centimeters
Comment:
H-4-12
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Head of mary, accession number 3-15533, described as Passion figure, ceramic, bisque fired, hollow, handpainted; head of sorrowing virgin, L 8.2 cm X W 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Head of mary, accession number 3-15533, described as Passion figure, ceramic, bisque fired, hollow, handpainted; head of sorrowing virgin, L 8.2 cm X W 4.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head of mary, accession number 3-15533, described as Passion figure, ceramic, bisque fired, hollow, handpainted; head of sorrowing virgin, L 8.2 cm X W 4.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head of mary, accession number 3-15533, described as Passion figure, ceramic, bisque fired, hollow, handpainted; head of sorrowing virgin, L 8.2 cm X W 4.5 cm.

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