Collections: Arts of the Americas: Unfired Anthropomorphic Fetish Figure

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    Unfired Anthropomorphic Fetish Figure

    • Culture: Pueblo, Native American
    • Medium: Clay
    • Place Made: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, United States
    • Dates: 500-750- C. E., Basketmaker III
    • Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 5/16 x 1/2 in (4.2 x 1.8 cm)  (show scale)
    • Collections:Arts of the Americas
    • Museum Location: This item is on view in Arts of the Americas Galleries, 5th Floor
    • Exhibitions:
    • Accession Number: 03.325.12291
    • Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody
    • Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
    • Caption: Pueblo (Native American). Unfired Anthropomorphic Fetish Figure, 500-750- C. E., Basketmaker III. Clay, 1 3/4 x 5/16 x 1/2 in (4.2 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody, 03.325.12291. Creative Commons-BY
    • Image: overall, overall, CUR.03.325.12291.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
    • Catalogue Description: This is an unfired clay figure with what could be considered a nose and two breasts. The nose is outlined with dots as if a necklace and the breasts have two rows of dots between them. There is another double row of dots which slants diagonally from the bottom to the right breast.
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