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Effigy figure
Native American, Cochiti Pueblo
1920s–30s
Object Place: Cochiti, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
27.94 x 20.32 x 12.7 cm (11 x 8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura F. Andreson
Accession Number1984.636
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionHollow standing figure, arms reaching up, face upturned. Opening at back of head. Burnished red, black ochre. Eyes and mouth pierced, outlined in black. Nostrils, hair, eyebrows, fingers, shoes necklace indicated in black. Four lines on cheeks, lines wrists and chin, dots at neck and ankles, rain cloud motif on chest in white.
ProvenanceBetween about 1930 and 1932, acquired by Laura Andreson (b. 1902 - d. 1999), Los Angeles; 1984, gift of Laura Andreson to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 21, 1984)