Bird figurine

Museum number:
16-11955
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2234
Description:
Pottery bird; modeled eyes and feet; head and tail blue, wings red; width from beak to tail: 8 cm. Part of tail missing. Probably made ca. 1931.
Donor:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Ayacucho Region, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru; Ayacucho
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1931
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bird motifs, Figurines, and Pottery
Production date:
ca. 1931
Accession date:
1966
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 16-11955, described as Pottery bird; modeled eyes and feet; head and tail blue, wings red; width from beak to tail: 8 cm. Part of tail missing. Probably made ca. 1931.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 16-11955, described as Pottery bird; modeled eyes and feet; head and tail blue, wings red; width from beak to tail: 8 cm. Part of tail missing. Probably made ca. 1931.

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