Anthropomorphic figurine

Museum number:
3-30390
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Alternate number:
13 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
standing figure with a goat's head, wearing a long skirt which is decorated with applied flowers and vines. Atop head is an effigy pot with an animal face. A small animal is held in the left arm and a handled effigy pot is held in the right hand. A 3rd effigy pot rests at the hem where two small feet protrude from the hem. A long braid hangs down back. markings: T.B. & R.V. 7/71.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Maker or artist:
Teodora Blanco
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Collection date:
July 1971
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Figurines
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 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figurine, accession number 3-30390, described as standing figure with a goat's head, wearing a long skirt which is decorated with applied flowers and vines. Atop head is an effigy pot with an animal face. A small animal is held in the left arm and a handled effigy pot is held in the right hand. A 3rd effigy pot rests at the hem where two small feet protrude from the hem. A long braid hangs down back. markings: T.B. & R.V. 7/71.

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