Snake; made of twisted root; black lacquer background painted over with yellow and green paint in small dots on top and stripes on bottom (in snake-skin pattern); plastic eyes, leather thong painted red for tongue; fangs of bone; max. overall L 53.5 cm, H 24 cm
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Guerrero, Olinala
Maker or artist:
Ernesto Jimenez
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
September 1966
Materials:
Bone (material), Leather, Paint (coating), Plastic (organic material), and Root (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Context of use:
Household decoration
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
H-11-5
Loans:
S1990-1991 #5: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art (August 14, 1990–March 5, 1991) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)