Effigy figure
Effigy figure

On view

Latin American Art

Effigy figure,

ca. 1880

Artist unidentified
Cochiti
Historic
PU 7414

Information

Title
Effigy figure
Dates

ca. 1880

Maker
Artist unidentified
Medium
Ceramic with white and black slip
Dimensions
11.2 × 7.9 × 9.6 cm (4 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 7414
Place Collected

North America, United States, New Mexico, Cochiti Pueblo, Rio Grande

Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Cochiti
Type
effigies, ceramics, figurines
Materials
ceramic, slip
Subject
birds, mammals, grotesques, figures (representations), stripes

Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) by 1885; given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), c. 1882-1885.

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