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Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
Object Number 48-17-30/7082
Display Title Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term tonasapui
Inventory Description Spool-shaped object, chipped and cracked
Classification
  • Household accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1947
Culture
  • Sionas
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Putumayo
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 10 cm (5 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-17-30/7082
Credit Line Museum Purchase,1948
Provenance
Collector Victor W. von Hagen (1947-1948)
Seller Victor W. von Hagen (1948)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
48-17-30/7081 Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
Household accessory
Colombia
Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
48-17-30/7080 Pottery fire dog (tonasapui)
Tools
Colombia
Fan, used as a fan, as a fire fan, and for serving food
09-30-30/75161 Fan, used as a fan, as a fire fan, and for serving food
Household accessory
British Guiana
Guyana
Fire dog pottery andiron
2004.24.17387 Fire dog pottery andiron
Austria
1. Z-734 2. Z-426 (fire dog) 3. Z-751 (fire dog)
58-34-20/63899 1. Z-734 2. Z-426 (fire dog) 3. Z-751 (fire dog)
Zacualpa
Fire fans - braided
79-14-20/17634 Fire fans - braided
Raw Material
Household accessory
San Luis Potosi
Pottery standards
20-33-40/D1590 Pottery standards
Household accessory
Bosnia
Hat stand
08-25-50/73677 Hat stand
Household accessory
Kenya
Side views of Z-330 (clay monument). Two fire dogs (Z-263, 278)
58-34-20/63896 Side views of Z-330 (clay monument). Two fire dogs (Z-263, 278)
Zacualpa
ǂToma ʒo, //Kushay and three other people by the fire with two dogs
2001.29.24099 ǂToma ʒo, //Kushay and three other people by the fire with two dogs
Gwia
ǂToma ʒo, //Kushay and three other people by the fire with two dogs
2001.29.29557 ǂToma ʒo, //Kushay and three other people by the fire with two dogs
Gwia
People sitting with a dog next to a fire in front of a skerm
2001.29.16430 People sitting with a dog next to a fire in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy