Seated Figure with Turtle Shell

Seated Figure with Turtle Shell

Public Domain

CultureTarascan or Nayarit
Titles
  • Seated Figure with Turtle Shell
PlaceTarascan-nayarit, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 3 in. (21.6 × 13.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John P. Bullington
Object number61.15
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceMrs. John P. Bullington, Houston, by 1961; given to MFAH, 1961.

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