Miniature

Museum number:
3-30950
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JP-270 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
MINIATURE FIGURINE: Ceramic figurine of a sitting animal (sheep?) plying a drum. Clay is natural with no slip or glaze. Oval body with applied head, ears, eyes, legs, tail and “arms”. Proper right hand hold a drum stick; proper left hand holds drum. “Mexico” is stamped in blue ink on the proper left flank of animal’s body. Blanco figure.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Miniature (size attribute)
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 Miniature, accession number 3-30950, described as MINIATURE FIGURINE: Ceramic figurine of a sitting animal (sheep?) plying a drum. Clay is natural with no slip or glaze. Oval body with applied head, ears, eyes, legs, tail and “arms”. Proper right hand hold a drum stick; proper left hand holds drum. “Mexico” is stamped in blue ink on the proper left flank of animal’s body. Blanco figure.

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