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Object Number
46-73-10/44281
Display Title
Clay animal figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Clay animal figurine, possibly a deer.; Exceedingly well and spiritedly modelled, neck represented as turned; head looking well back as in anger; for leg broken.; Small, spirited figurine of guanoco or North American variety of ouchinia; head horizontal, ears erect and carried back; neck long, tail pointed, horizontal and planted below rump; body slightly sloping and tapering, nostrils represented above and far back of tip of nose; legs large, cylindrical and well spread, not only with design to support figuring, but also, probably, in representation of the young of the animal.
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, animal with four legs, head lifted
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Hohokam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Maricopa County
/
<City>
/
Los Guanacos
Intrasite
Ruin I
Additional Geographic Terms
Salado Valley, Lower
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 14 x 7.4 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
3886/ 46-73-10/44281.3
Provenance
Collector
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector
Frank Hamilton Cushing
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(11/15/1946)
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for Ditto; representing male; snout excessively small, latter and ears injured in bu
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