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Object Number 46-77-30/5000
Display Title Red jar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic human effigy jar with flat base, molded head, face, ear plugs, hair, neck, and headdress, molded open-mouthed feline face in front of headdress over forehead, two hand-shaped attachments on either side of headdress, headdresses extends down back of head in three raised panels, vessel painted red, white pigment highlights eyes, hair, features of feline, and circles located on back headdress panel and within hand-shaped attachments, left earplug painted with black spiral, right earplug painted with white spiral, black face paint on chin of effigy, piece missing from left side of rim, large cracks extending from rim down face and behind right ear, twine wrapped around headdress
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Trujillo Province / Chicama
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Chicama Valley
Dimensions Overall: 20.2 x 22.5 x 15.3 cm (7 15/16 x 8 7/8 x 6 in.)
Quantity 1
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