Figure of hummingbird. White painted beak and spots; roughly shaped by hand. Tan color. Clay.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1903 and April 28, 1902
Context of use:
Found in a household and served as toy or model.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 4 centimeters
Comment:
They seemed at least partly baked, but have since been washed with yellow ocher, which would turn red on baking." Published: Mohave Pottery by Kroeber and Harner, Anthro Rec. Vol. 16 #1 p. 29K.
Loans:
S2004-2005 #1: Grace Hudson Museum (July 30, 2004–December 1, 2004)