Figurine

Museum number:
3-30937
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JP-257 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
FIGURINE: Ceramic figurine of a sitting animal (rabbit?) plying a small drum. Clay is natural with no slip or glaze. Oval body with applied head, ears, legs, tail and “arms”. A drum stick is held in the proper right hand; a small drum with decorative inscribed band is held between the animal’s knees. “Mexico” is stamped in blue ink on the base of the animal’s body. Blanco figure.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones), Drumsticks (percussion beaters), and Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 3-30937, described as FIGURINE: Ceramic figurine of a sitting animal (rabbit?) plying a small drum. Clay is natural with no slip or glaze. Oval body with applied head, ears, legs, tail and “arms”. A drum stick is held in the proper right hand; a small drum with decorative inscribed band is held between the animal’s knees. “Mexico” is stamped in blue ink on the base of the animal’s body. Blanco figure.

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