Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Figurine, turkey, bank
Date: 1964
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 10.8 × 8.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Weight: 0.2 kg (0.35 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Laura Hersloff, 1964.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2945
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit November 29-30, and December 1, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 7”): This turkey bank is handmade with traditional natural materials and was fired outdoors. The yellow slip on this turkey is not widely used anymore. Not much more was said about this turkey bank.
In Collection(s)
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