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Object Number
45-25-10/28801C
Display Title
Clay effigy, polacca polychrome style, Tatcuki or Mudeads
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tatcukti
Object Description
Effigy, polacca polychrome style. Clay image of mudhead (Tatcukti)
Inventory Description
Figurine, broken, brown pigment, incised features, perforated in chest
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 7.5 x 5.7 x 3 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Distance (Height from top of head to bottom of effigy): 7.47 cm
Distance (Width from shoulder to shoulder): 5.69 cm
Distance (Height of hole in chest): 1.75 cm
Distance (Length of horizontal fracture): 4.48 cm
Distance (Length of hole at center): 1.38 cm
Distance (Length of painted lines on face): 1.07 cm
Distance (Depth of head, from mouth to back of head): 2.95 cm
Distance (Depth of chest at center): 2.05 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28801C; 3504
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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