Context (Related Documents)
Three Mexican Folk-Lore Collection labels accompany the objects Z 39564 [A-I] they are numbered 128-130 and each read: 'Children's toy. Animal figure: crude. Guadalajara'
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Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card for Z 39564 [A-I] reads: 'Nine toy animals made of very crude, cheap glazed pottery. coyote, horse, two bulls (half of one missing), two cats, turtle, tarantula and goat. Starr says: ' while very coarsely made and badly coloured [he is no doubt speaking relatively], each has some absolutely identifiable characteristic. (Starr Catalogue, p.27)'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor Frederick Starr in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Starr Catalogue for no. 128-130: 'Very crude, cheap animal figures in pottery: glazed. Coyote, horse, bull, goat, cat, turtle, tarantula.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Frederick Starr Collection of Mexican Folklore was never catalogued when it came to the museum. Cataloguing was done in 1984 when, by error, some of the items were entered in the 1984 book instead of the Z book. To try to correct this in the simplest way possible, all these numbers were grouped under a single Z number, in addition to the number already given. The remainder of the collection was then given individual Z numbers in the normal way. The collection was examined in 1984 by Dr Charlene Cerny (Director of the Museum of National Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and her colleague, Valentin Jacques, both experts on Mexican folk art. Her notes on the collection, together with a xerox of the original catalogue, which has full details on the uses of the various items, is on file. The collection is unusual in being well documented and of such an early date, and is a rare one outside Mexico. Not all the items listed in the original catalogue were found at the time of cataloguing.
Event Date 1984
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
A miniature model bull made from clay and painted. Made for use as a children's toy.
Event Date 22/6/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins