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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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