Animal figure, ceramic, earthenware, red, in shape of bull with small brazier on back, broken and repaired; L 24.7 cm x H 18.7 cm
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Sonora, Navajoa Dist., Mayo
Culture or time period:
Mayo
Collector:
Ralph L. Beals
Collection date:
1931
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1931
Context of use:
Pottery bull used in Baguito (Bahito of Middle of the Road?) festival. "On the table...facing the cross, stood a bull of pottery with a sort of cup on its back. When the cross was moved to the shrine of the Saint before the procession started, the table and the bull were moved...
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 24.7 centimeters and height 18.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1986-1987 #30: SFO Museum (April 21, 1987–June 11, 1987)