JP-755 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
TEODORA BLANCO ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURE: Ceramic figure with the head of an elephant and the body of a human. She wears a long skirt decorated with an apron and applied flowers. She carries a pot in her proper right hand and baby elephant in her proper left hand. A second small elephant sits atop the figure’s head. “T.B.” inscribed inside skirt & “7” written in ink. H=18.5cm; W=10.2cm; L=9.2cm JP-755
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions