JP-743 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
TEODORA BLANCO ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURE: Ceramic figure with the head of an animal with intertwined horns and the body of a human. She wears a long skirt decorated with an applied flower on her chest, drop earrings and a bead necklace. Long braids are attached at back of head and rest on the figures shoulders and arms. Each braid ends with an applied animal face at the end of each. She holds a basket w/ an applied flower in each hand, and two baskets with flowers rest at the hem of her skirt. “T.B.” inscribed inside skirt. H=16.5cm; W=8.0cm; L=8.1cm JP-743
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Figurines, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions