Rain God Figurine with Hand Covering Mouth [SOLD]

This cream-slipped over micaceous clay figurine is from the 1880s.  It represents the transition from micaceous clay slip to the use of cream slip over the clay.  The hair of this Tesuque Rain God is sculpted and extends over the forehead in the style of the 1880s figurines.  It was at that time that ears were added to the dolls.

Reference and Recommended Reading: When Rain Gods Reigned: From Curios to Art at Tesuque Pueblo by Duane Anderson.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery.

Provenance: from the collection of Dana Lipsig, the one who supplied us with a collection of 105 rain gods for our exhibit in 2005.  This figurine was one of the 105 and was purchased back from us at the exhibit by Dana and now has been sent back to us for sale.

Condition:  structurally sound with loss of a portion of the sculpted hair in the center of the head and portions of each ear as well as a section of the rim of the jar and minor loss of clay on the right foot.