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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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