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Object Number 33-45-30/138
Display Title Earthenware human figurine
Descriptions
Inventory Description Black ceramic figurine, female, molded legs, feet, toes, arms, hands, fingers, nipples, face, earplugs, nose, mouth, eyes, headdress, navel, spine, and ankles, eyes, mouth, and earplugs are also incised, figure is wearing a wedge-shaped headdress with a line of four perforations at top, earplugs and nostrils are semi-perforated, perforations on either side of waist, figure is hollow, incised female genitalia and loin cloth depicted only on front of figurine, face is painted red, fingers on right hand are broken off and missing
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaral Province / Chancay
Additional Geographic Terms on the coast
Dimensions Overall: 51.2 x 25.8 x 14 cm (20 3/16 x 10 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-45/30 / 138

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