Ear Spool (uncertain)
60-14-190
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 60-14-190 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Bone (uncertain) |
Technique | Burned | Polished | Incised |
Description | Cylindrical Earspools? (3) - Made of burned and polished bone? All are biconical in profile with a decrease in diameter around the center. All are hollow. -189 and -191 are alike. Around the circumference on one edge are incised lines. Has 2 panels of incised cross hatched pattern on one side. |
Width | 2.15 cm |
Thickness | 0.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 1.6 cm |
Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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