Bird effigy

Museum number:
2-17131
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Bird effigy; pottery. Open mouth, floral design in dark brown and red on white ground. Brown framing lines, red base, tail broken and missing.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Pueblo tribes
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bird motifs and Effigies (general portraits)
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8.7 centimeters and length 10.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #58: Hillside School/Millicent Kamisan (November 30, 1970–December 17, 1970) and S1970-1971 #8: St. Elizabeth’s Church/Mary Ann Wills (July 27, 1970–July 31, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17131, described as Bird effigy; pottery. Open mouth, floral design in dark brown and red on white ground. Brown framing lines, red base, tail broken and missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17131, described as Bird effigy; pottery. Open mouth, floral design in dark brown and red on white ground. Brown framing lines, red base, tail broken and missing.

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