Pendant

Museum number:

3-31505

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030031505

Alternate number:

JP-849 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

CERAMIC TONALA OWL PENDANT: Traditional Tonala owl with large eyes, feathered brush stoke “feathers" and a slightly raised outlined beak. The oval figure is pierced at level of the eyes to facilitate running cord through the figure. “Mexico” is inscribed on the back, under the glaze.

Donor:

John Paul

Collection place:

Tonala, Jalisco state, Mexico

Collector:

John Paul

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Pendants (jewelry)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

February 24, 2011

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area