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Object Number
45-25-10/28801E
Display Title
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, 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: 10.7 x 4.4 x 4 cm (4 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Distance (Height from top of head to chin): 4 cm
Distance (Height of body, from under chin to base of body): 6.5 cm
Distance (Width of neck, front to back): 3 cm
Distance (Width of body at center, front to back): 4.6 cm
Distance (Height from top of head to bottom of body): 11 cm
Distance (Length of head from ear to ear): 6 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28801E; 3504
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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