Effigy Vessel
Object Number:
37-13-197
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Guatemala
Culture Area:
Central America
Section:
American
Materials:
Ceramic
Iconography:
Animal Head
Description:
Shoe shaped vessel. Brown pottery; upper part painted red. Base missing. Flat everted lip; pointed front modelled in form of animal head with long filleted band at mouth; single loop vertical handle at rear (now missing)
Height:
15cm
Length:
33cm
Width:
20cm
Credit Line:
Purchased by Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya (05 Apr 2009 - 31 Jan 2010)
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