Figurine

Museum number:
2-21390
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1012
Description:
Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.
Donor:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection date:
ca. 1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1950
Context of use:
Rain God
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 17.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Tanner, Clara Lee, "Southwest Indian Craft Arts", University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, pp. 166, figure 6.13.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-21390, described as Ceramic. Seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream slip over-all, darkened, faded orange linear decoration. One foot broken and missing. Molded and painted.

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