Figurine

Museum number:
3-28529
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Accession number:
Acc.4176
Description:
Tableaux; crouching old man with cotton beard and hair, dyed corn leaves for body and garments; holding bucket wrapped with red thread; facing him is a woman holding matching bucket; both use canes; bark base; H man 13 cm.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, Mexico
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
1985
Materials:
Bark (plant material) and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
November 1986
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 3-28529, described as Tableaux; crouching old man with cotton beard and hair, dyed corn leaves for body and garments; holding bucket wrapped with red thread; facing him is a woman holding matching bucket; both use canes; bark base; H man 13 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 3-28529, described as Tableaux; crouching old man with cotton beard and hair, dyed corn leaves for body and garments; holding bucket wrapped with red thread; facing him is a woman holding matching bucket; both use canes; bark base; H man 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 3-28529, described as Tableaux; crouching old man with cotton beard and hair, dyed corn leaves for body and garments; holding bucket wrapped with red thread; facing him is a woman holding matching bucket; both use canes; bark base; H man 13 cm.

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