Unfired Doll?
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Ancestral Pueblo
MEDIUM
Clay
DATES
500â750,C.E, Basketmaker III
DIMENSIONS
2 1/2 x 1 x 3/8 in (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
03.325.10722
CREDIT LINE
Gift of A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
This flat, tan, oval piece of clay appears to be a female with two circular projections, possibly breasts with nipples indicated as punched holes on either side of torso . There is one small projection as if a nose on a 'face'. This is rimmed by 3 rows of punched holes as if a necklace. The back is flat.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ancestral Pueblo. Unfired Doll?, 500â750,C.E, Basketmaker III. Clay, 2 1/2 x 1 x 3/8 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody, 03.325.10722. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.325.10722.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, overall, CUR.03.325.10722.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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