Figurine
60-14-76
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 60-14-76 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Head |
| Description | broken in three pieces and glued together, paste gritty,possibly shell tempered, headdress, eyes painted black, free modeled or mold made, head hollow, rear portiion missing, wears black rimmed :cap" with two projections, fragmentary at either side, features modeled and detailed, eyes deep mwide grooves with eyeballs in relief, mouth open with protruding lips and teeth, tattooing? or linear patterns made by shallow grooves on forehead, nose and cheeks, Drucker's Type X |
| Height | 16.2 cm |
| Width | 13.3 cm |
| Thickness | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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