Clay figure
These clay figures were created for the tourist market. These items were sold in large numbers from 1900 –1940, given away as a free toy by Chicago confectionery manufacturer Gunther Candy. A rain god was included with every box of chocolates sold.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 136/1993/15
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Souvenirs
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- potterymica
- Common Name
- clay figure
- Simple Name
- figure
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-)
- Production Town
- Tesuque Pueblo
- Production County
- New Mexico
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Year Low
- 1900
- Production Year High
- 1940
