Pottery figurine; hand modelled; anthropomorphic with incised spirals on cheeks, pellet eyes; dressed in "huipil" of white cotton commercial cloth; left foot and 4 fingers missing; H 20 cm. See acc. envelope for full information. Broken in transit and repaired at Lowie Museum of Anthropology; breakage pattern shows head, feet, and limbs modeled separately and then added to body.
Donor:
Nabor
Collection place:
Lacanjá, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chiapas; Lacanjá; Lacandon Indians
Culture or time period:
Lacandon
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 14, 1966
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Clay, and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Pottery
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
A child's toy
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters
Comment:
H-17-1 Context of use: A child's toy. Native name Yerek'- a toy Donated by Nabor (A Lacandon Indian)