Figurine

Museum number:
2-17802
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Accession number:
Acc.805
Description:
Turtle. Ceramic. Multi-colored geometric design on back, black body with white features. Holes all over back. Molded, painted, poster paints.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
Holes in back suggest that specimen was modeled like a flower holder (frog).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and length 14.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #128: Hillside School (May 14, 1971–July 19, 1971) and S1970-1971 #58: Hillside School/Millicent Kamisan (November 30, 1970–December 17, 1970)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-17802, described as Turtle. Ceramic. Multi-colored geometric design on back, black body with white features. Holes all over back. Molded, painted, poster paints.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-17802, described as Turtle. Ceramic. Multi-colored geometric design on back, black body with white features. Holes all over back. Molded, painted, poster paints.

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