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Effigy Jar
| Object Number: | 40-15-355 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cocle |
| Provenience: | Panama Sitio Conte |
| Site Name/Number: | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area: | Central America |
| Locus: | B16 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Crab |
| Height: | 15.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 18.18 cm |
| Credit Line: | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number: | B-16.26 - Field No SF |
Description
Polychrome. Red and purple, outlined in black, on light buff. Flat base; straight expanding lower body; low convex upper body; equator fluted for half of circumference; concave expanding neck; flat everted lip. Spout from shoulder to lip, rising above rim. Crab effigy. Upper body paneled red and purple. Lower with stylized crab claws.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (23 Sep 2007 - 16 Dec 2007) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (2nd showing) (21 Mar 1992 - 18 Oct 1992) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| River of Gold: Pre-Colombian Treasures from Sitio Conte (09 Apr 1988 - 22 May 1988) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sharer, Robert J., and Hearne Jardine, Pamela H. 1992. River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 70 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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