Bird effigies

Museum number:
2-17163a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210217163a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Pottery effigies of chickens. (a) Red head and feet, black dots on back on white ground. Beak broken and missing. (b) Orange head, red feet, feather-like design in black on white ground, beak broken and missing. (c) Orange head, red feet, red dots on back on white ground, feet chipped.
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, Effigies (general portraits), and Pottery
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(c)— length 6 centimeters, (a)— length 6.8 centimeters, (b)— height 5 centimeters, (c)— height 4.9 centimeters, (a)— height 5.8 centimeters, and (b)— length 6.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #28: SFO Museum (November 17, 1983–May 21, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigies, accession number 2-17163a-c, described as Pottery effigies of chickens. (a) Red head and feet, black dots on back on white ground. Beak broken and missing. (b) Orange head, red feet, feather-like design in black on white ground, beak broken and missing. (c) Orange head, red feet, red dots on back on white ground, feet chipped.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigies, accession number 2-17163a-c, described as Pottery effigies of chickens. (a) Red head and feet, black dots on back on white ground. Beak broken and missing. (b) Orange head, red feet, feather-like design in black on white ground, beak broken and missing. (c) Orange head, red feet, red dots on back on white ground, feet chipped.

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