JP-753 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
TEODORA BLANCO CERAMIC FIGURE: Figure of a skeleton woman wearing a long dress with elbow length sleeves which is decorated at back and side front with applied flowers. She wears drop earrings, a bead necklace, and has modeled, pierced and incised features. A head cloth with a flower decoration encircles her head and trails down her back. Her eyes and mouth are punched through to make hollow openings; ribs are incised and an oval hollow is cut out of her id-section. She holds a young bull in her hands and three young bulls sit at her feet. “T.B.” is incised on inside of her skirt. H=14.5cm; W=9.4cm; L=8.7cm JP-753
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:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions