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ANIMAL EFFIGY
ANIMAL EFFIGY
TitleANIMAL EFFIGY
Case Location0023
Cultural AffiliationAcoma
Date of Manufactureca. 1870-1880
DescriptionThis animal effigy, or representational image, has a turtle-like head, but the body has painted feather motifs. The top of the head has a four world quarter motif, and the neck has two painted necklaces, one orange, the other black; the latter has a painted cross and triangle pendant. Animal effigies have been made by the Pueblos since ancient times, so this fits with a Pre-contact period (meaning AD 1539 in the American Southwest) tradition, but it might have been produced for the commercial market that was already present in the mid-late 1800s.
DescriptorsANIMAL FIGURINE
Length21.4 cm
Height8 cm
Width6.4 cm
Type.DigitalImage
RightsIllinois Wesleyan University retains the rights to this material. Permission to reproduce these images must be granted by IWU. Contact archives@titan.iwu.edu or 309-556-1535 for more information.
Collection NameJohn Wesley Powell Collection of Pueblo Pottery (Illinois Wesleyan University)
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