Mother and Child Figurine
Quechan (Yuma / Cuchan)
Southwest
collected about 1904
Terracotta, cloth, glass beads, paint, and horse hair
Overall: 6 7/8 × 2 × 1 5/16 in. (17.5 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.10137
Geography
Place Made: Yuma, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Yuma, Arizona, probably 1904; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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