Anthropomorphic figurine

Museum number:
3-30410
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Alternate number:
33 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
standing figure with goat's head and human body/clothing. Long skirt & apron decorated with applied flowers, leaves and vines. Holds a small goat in each hand, both of whom are paying musical instruments. A 3rd small goat sits atop head. A long pigtail flows down back. markings: AW 4/71 & T.B.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Maker or artist:
Teodora Blanco
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Collection date:
April 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 3-30410, described as standing figure with goat's head and human body/clothing. Long skirt & apron decorated with applied flowers, leaves and vines. Holds a small goat in each hand, both of whom are paying musical instruments. A 3rd small goat sits atop head. A long pigtail flows down back. markings: AW 4/71 & T.B.

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