Figurine

38-6-58

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 38-6-58
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 Stone
Description

slit eyes, mouth, ear discs and head fillet with central ornament, applied flat broad lobed headdress, limbs with exception of left upper arm broken off, large cavity in back of head, probably painted red, compare with 38-6-2

Height 21.27 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Monski, 1938

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