Figurine

37-13-55

From: Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | Guatemala City

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 37-13-55
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Classic Maya
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | Guatemala City
Culture Area Central American
Date Made ca. 800
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Human Head
Description

Human head. Very large, hollow. Reddish pottery with white slip and stucco finish. Apparently made in mold. Very high nose with hole pierced for inseertion of nose plug; high crescentic ear ornaments

Height 9 cm
Length 13 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason, 1937
Other Number 24 - Field No SF

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