Female figurine

Museum number:
3-30422
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
45 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
standing female figure wearing a head cloth and undecorated skirt. Holds a basket in her left arm and an effigy pot with a pigs face in her right arm. Two pig effigy pots stand at either side of the hem. Face is a combination of molded, applied and incised forms. Pots and basket are highlighted with orange paint. tag: B-L, $40.00, 3.20, E RV 12/71.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Collection date:
December 1971
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 29, 2009
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 16.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine, accession number 3-30422, described as standing female figure wearing a head cloth and undecorated skirt. Holds a basket in her left arm and an effigy pot with a pigs face in her right arm. Two pig effigy pots stand at either side of the hem. Face is a combination of molded, applied and incised forms. Pots and basket are highlighted with orange paint. tag: B-L, $40.00, 3.20, E RV 12/71.

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