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62-29-6
From: Costa Rica | Guanacaste | Santa Barbara (Costa Rica)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 62-29-6 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Costa Rica | Guanacaste | Santa Barbara (Costa Rica) |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | From grave near Sta. Barbara |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic (uncertain) |
Technique | Painted |
Description | Irregularly broken. Painted red and black. Modelled face with ridges for hair, hollow ears, polished eyes, flaring nostrills. Stylized hands of 4 "fingers" at end of arm -- ridge -- and shoulder -- circle. Painted line decoration on and around raised features. Red painted surface outside double black circle around head. Roughly painted. |
Length | 10.6 cm |
Width | 6.6 cm |
Thickness | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Philip P. Calvert, 1962 |
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