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Animal effigy pitcher
Animal effigy pitcher

Animal effigy pitcher

about 1870s
Object PlaceSanto Domingo, New Mexico, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with white and brown slip paint
Dimensions19.37 x 16.51 x 22.86 cm (7 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles Greely Loring
Accession number79.100
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ClassificationsCeramics
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Inscriptionsin pencil, "Santo Domingo Rio Grande"ProvenanceAround 1870s, acquired, possibly from or through Frank Hamilton Cushing (b. 1857 - d. 1900), by Charles Greely Loring (b. 1828 - d. 1902), Boston [see note]; 1879, gift of Charles Greely Loring to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1879)

NOTE: Recorded in the MFA's ledgers as "From Santo Domingo, Rio Grande (Cushing)". Cushing was an anthropologist and ethnologist, who lived with the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico from 1879 until 1884.
View 1
1890s
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before 1893
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about 1880–92
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Restricted: For reference only
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