Effigy figurine
Effigy figurine
Effigy figurine
Effigy figurine

On view

Latin American Art

Effigy figurine,

ca. 1890

Artist unidentified
Red Willow (Taos)
Historic
PU 7077

Information

Title
Effigy figurine
Dates

ca. 1890

Maker
Artist unidentified
Medium
Ceramic with orange-red slip
Dimensions
16 × 6.9 × 7.6 cm (6 5/16 × 2 11/16 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 7077
Place Collected

North America, United States, New Mexico, Red Willow (Taos) Pueblo

Inscription
Inscribed letters on back: C / T / G / M "Candelario the Curio Man"
Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom: Taos N.M.
Culture
Native American, Pueblo, Taos
Type
ceramics, figurines
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
grotesques, gods, figures (representations), rain, tourism

Possibly Taos, New Mexico. Willem A. J. M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht (1873-1943) by 1925; given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), February 1925

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