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Representation of a fattening dog
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Apart from turkeys, small hairless dogs were the only domestic animals in Mesoamerica. Their meat was considered tasty.

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Cultural attribution
Colima
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 31,8 x 24 x 44,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34429

Provenance and sources

when
300 B.C. - 300 A.D.
where
Mexico
West Mexico
Michoacán
who
Colima

who
Bünz - Former Possessors
Arnold Vogel - Collectors

Description
Donation from Bünz 1911

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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