Female figurine

Museum number:
3-29400
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4117
Description:
Figurine. Female dressed in Indian costume made from cotton cloth, long black skirt multicolored top, twisted yarn hair decoration, baby on back and basket on head. Body constructed of cloth over fiber, head constructed of cloth over fiber, embroidered features; nailed to wood block. Height 22.0 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Harry B. Perrin
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1987
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine, accession number 3-29400, described as Figurine. Female dressed in Indian costume made from cotton cloth, long black skirt multicolored top, twisted yarn hair decoration, baby on back and basket on head. Body constructed of cloth over fiber, head constructed of cloth over fiber, embroidered features; nailed to wood block. Height 22.0 cm.

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