Bird effigy

Museum number:
2-17118
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
28 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.811
Object count:
1
Description:
Hollow duck effigy, pottery; spout under tail; polychrome, black and red on white; diamond elements filled with cross hachure and checkerboard elements; flowers on back. Beak broken.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Acoma
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 9.9 centimeters, width 8.6 centimeters, and length 12.9 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #28: SFO Museum (November 17, 1983–May 21, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17118, described as Hollow duck effigy, pottery; spout under tail; polychrome, black and red on white; diamond elements filled with cross hachure and checkerboard elements; flowers on back. Beak broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-17118, described as Hollow duck effigy, pottery; spout under tail; polychrome, black and red on white; diamond elements filled with cross hachure and checkerboard elements; flowers on back. Beak broken.

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