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Sacred clay cone
Sacred clay cone
Sacred clay cone
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay cone

NameCone
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeSan Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico, North America
MediumClay, yarn, pencil, colored pencil
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.203
Object numberA.2014.26.203
DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd. Double strand of green light yarn tied around base of neck. Words "Recuerdo de San Juan" painted blue around bell-like bottom section. Name "Martin" painted on side of bulging neck. Neck tapers to a curved and rounded top with a small hole in the side below the curve.
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay cone
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
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