Figurine
91-21-16
From: Peru | Chancay Valley
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 91-21-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Chancay Valley |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | ca. 1200 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Human female with outstretched arms and large flat headdress. Painted geometric design on headdress - 3 horizontal lines of reddish-brown pigment at forehead and top of headdress with large central checked band in between. Figure has small breasts, holes depicting ears, three holes at tops of headdress and hole through figure just below hips. Traces of pigment may depict garment across chest and on back. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Martin Gyomber, 1991 |
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