Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap, head turned to one side. Cream slip over-all. Faint orange stripes on one cheek. Fire smudged. Molded and painted.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Rain God.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 23.2 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 78. See copy of letter in accession envelope.