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Object Number
45-25-10/28801D
Display Title
Clay effigy, polacca polychrome style, Tatcuki or Mudeads
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tatcukti
Object Description
Clay effigy, polacca polychrome stylw. Clay image of mudhead (Tatcukti)
Inventory Description
Figurine, ceramic, painted, incised features
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 4.1 x 4.6 cm (3 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Distance (Length across bun): 1.18 cm
Distance (Length across chest at center): 3.44 cm
Distance (Width at center from front to back): 3.46 cm
Distance (Height of face from chin to brow): 3.46 cm
Distance (Height from top to bottom): 9.71 cm
Distance (Width of head across center): 4.09 cm
Distance (Depth of head from face to back of bun): 4.15 cm
Distance (Height of hair bun): 1.82 cm
Distance (Height of nose): 1.04 cm
Distance (Height of lines on face): 1.59 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28801D; 3504
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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