Female figurine

Museum number:
3-30424
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
47 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
standing female figure wearing a head cloth and long skirt with apron which is decorated with a large applied flower and leaves. Holds a pot with both hands, decorated with a large applied flower; 5 additional pots rest at her feet each decorated with an applied flower. One applied flower top the edge where the pots meet, total of 4. Face is a combination of molded, applied and incised forms; wears large earrings and necklace. markings: RV 7/71; tag: Mexico.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Collection date:
July 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 18.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine, accession number 3-30424, described as standing female figure wearing a head cloth and long skirt with apron which is decorated with a large applied flower and leaves. Holds a pot with both hands, decorated with a large applied flower; 5 additional pots rest at her feet each decorated with an applied flower. One applied flower top the edge where the pots meet, total of 4. Face is a combination of molded, applied and incised forms; wears large earrings and necklace. markings: RV 7/71; tag: Mexico.

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