Figurine

38-6-16

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 38-6-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Totonac
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla
Culture Area Central American
Period Archaic (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Head
Description

double gouged eyes and mouth, hood above a "fringe" of hair, remains of paint in eye sockets and mouth, woman?

Height 6.03 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Monski, 1938

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