Effigy Vessel
| Object Number: | 40-15-72 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cocle |
| Provenience: | Panama Sitio Conte |
| Site Name/Number: | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Locus: | Burial 14, 4 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Armadillo |
| Height: | 16 cm |
| Length: | 19 cm |
| Credit Line: | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number: | B14, 4 - Field No SF |
Description
Polychrome. Armadillo resting on hind legs and tail; forepaws painted on buff lower surface; head off. Short neck of vessel with disc rim attached to vertical tube from body. Painting showing bands of body and tail in black ticked lines; body cross-hatched in black. Broad bands of red outlined black.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (2nd showing) (21 Mar 1992 - 18 Oct 1992) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| River of Gold: Pre-Colombian Treasures from Sitio Conte (09 Apr 1988 - 22 May 1988) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (23 Sep 2007 - 16 Dec 2007) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Beneath the Surface: Life, Death, and Gold in Ancient Panama (07 Feb 2015 - 02 Nov 2015) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| South American Gallery (1955 - 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sharer, Robert J., and Hearne Jardine, Pamela H. 1992. River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 72 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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