Pipe with duck (?) effigy
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents between 1944 and 1947 by amateur archaeologist Dr. Robert Ceough (1898-1947, born Albert J.C. Kretzmann, a professor of public speaking and theatre at the City College of New York); possibly bequeathed to the Hispanic American Society in New York City; donated to MAI in 1966 by the Hispanic American Society.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1100–1550 (Post-Classic period)
- Catalog Number
- 23/6518
- Barcode
- 236518.000
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. Richard Ceough (Albert J.C. Kretzmann), Non-Indian, 1898-1947
- Previous owner
- Hispanic Society of America
- Donor
- Hispanic Society of America
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Object Name
- Pipe with duck (?) effigy
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 3.7 x 4.5 cm
- Place
- Chinkultic; La Trinitaria Municipality, Fronteriza Region; Chiapas State; Mexico
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Pipes and Smoking
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- Record ID
- NMAI_251895
