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Collector:
N/A  Search this
Donor Name:
Dr. Ferdinand V. Hayden  Search this
Culture:
Tesuque  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1 Jul 1879
Notes:
FROM CARD: "POTTERY FIGURE, "RAIN GOD". ALTHOUGH LISTED IN ORIGINAL CAT. BOOK AS HOPI, WALPI, THIS FIGURE IS TESUQUE IN ORIGIN. PERHAPS ORIGINALLY OBTAINED AT WALPI? BGS SEATED MALE FIGURE OF REDDISH, MICACEOUS CLAY WITH WIDE OPEN HANDS RESTING ON THE KNEES. THE FACE MODELLED WITH SOME DEFINITION OF CHIN, EARS, NOSE LONGER THAN THE OTHERS OF SIMILAR TYPE. EYES ARE OF THE BEAN TYPE RATHER THAN JUST SLITS, & BROW RIDGES ARE SHOWN. MOUTH IN THIS ONE IS NARROW. REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO THE TESUQUE RAIN-GOD FIGURES (385854, ETC.) HOLDING A POT, WHICH ARE SIMILAR IN MANY WAYS. ALSO REFER TO A VERY SIMILAR FIGURE, 338778 & 79. R. ELDER. REPAIRED CONSERVATION LAB 4/4/1973. ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 9, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 7, PG. 334. SEE P. 57 AND FOOTNOTE 46, P. 200 OF JONATHAN BATKIN; POTTERY OF THE PUEBLOS OF NEW MEXICO, 1700-1940; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER; 1987, WHERE OBJECT IS IDENTIFIED AS EARLIEST DOCUMENTED EXAMPLE OF TESUQUE "RAIN GOD."
Record Last Modified:
9 May 2021
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
79A00050
USNM Number:
E35407-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ac46604f-5aab-46bc-af84-4adc6fa457ff
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8403790