Ceramic, seated figure holding a jar on lap. Cream colored slip over-all. multi-colored decoration. "Tesuque" written in pencil on base. Molded, poster paints.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
1937
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1938
Context of use:
Rain God
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee, "Southwest Indian Craft Arts," University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, p. 166, figure 6.13.