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Object Number
36-94-10/6541
Display Title
Seated pottery figure, "rain god"
Descriptions
Object Description
Seated pottery figure "rain god" - made of light brown clay containing mica.
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, seated human, micaceous slip, mended
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1880-1890
Culture
- Tesuque
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Mexico
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Santa Fe County
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 9 x 8.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-94-10/6541
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred V. Kidder, in Memory of Mr. Samuel J. Guernsey, 1936
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder
(1880s - 1936)
Collector
Mrs. Madeleine Kidder
(1880s - 1936)
Donor
Mrs. Madeleine Kidder
(9/24/1936)
Donor
Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder
(9/24/1936)
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