Figurine. Ceramic. Seated figure holding a bowl on lap. Circular headdress, cream slip over-all. Brown circles on cheeks and brown lines on body and bowl. Height 20.7 cm. Native Name and Meaning: Rain God Materials: clay, molded, painted
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Tesuque
Culture or time period:
Tesuque
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Rain God.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 20.7 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 80. See copy of letter in accession envelope.