JP-758 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
TEODORA BLANCO ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURE: Ceramic figure with the head of a long-eared animal head and the body of a human. She wears a long skirt decorated with applied flowers, drop earrings and a bead necklace. Long braids are attached at sides of head and rest on the figures shoulders and arms. Each braid ends with an applied flower. She carries a fish under each arm and a 3rd fish is perched between her ears on her head. “S.FE/’84” inscribed in ink inside skirt.H=17.0cm; W=10.0cm; L=7.5cm. JP-758
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