Figurine

Museum number:
2-8104
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
50-C (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Description:
Figurine. Ceramic, seated male figure with arms coming forward, mouth and eyes are openings, all-over polychrome design. Molded and painted clay. Specimen described as a "mono." Height 15.0 cm. Materials: clay, molded, painted.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; San Ildefonso
Culture or time period:
San Ildefonso
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cochiti Polychrome (1870–present), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 45. References: Babcock, Barbara A. "'Those They Called Them Monos' Cochiti Figurative Ceramics, 1875-1905". "American Indian Art", Volume 12, Number 4, Autumn 1987, pp. 50-57, p. 67.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #43: SFO Museum (May 24, 1983–December 7, 1983)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-8104, described as Figurine. Ceramic, seated male figure with arms coming forward, mouth and eyes are openings, all-over polychrome design. Molded and painted clay. Specimen described as a "mono." Height 15.0 cm. Materials: clay, molded, painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-8104, described as Figurine. Ceramic, seated male figure with arms coming forward, mouth and eyes are openings, all-over polychrome design. Molded and painted clay. Specimen described as a "mono." Height 15.0 cm. Materials: clay, molded, painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-8104, described as Figurine. Ceramic, seated male figure with arms coming forward, mouth and eyes are openings, all-over polychrome design. Molded and painted clay. Specimen described as a "mono." Height 15.0 cm. Materials: clay, molded, painted.

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