Bird effigy

Museum number:
2-17140
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Duck effigy, pottery. Three legs, opening on top of head, feather-like design in yellow and red on white ground, black framing lines. Red base and feet, feet chipped.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Pueblo tribes
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bird motifs and Effigies (general portraits)
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters and height 10.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #28: SFO Museum (November 17, 1983–May 21, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17140, described as Duck effigy, pottery. Three legs, opening on top of head, feather-like design in yellow and red on white ground, black framing lines. Red base and feet, feet chipped.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17140, described as Duck effigy, pottery. Three legs, opening on top of head, feather-like design in yellow and red on white ground, black framing lines. Red base and feet, feet chipped.

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