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Object Number
990-6-30/11530
Display Title
Pitcher with applied decoration on neck consisting of a human head and arms.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pitcher with applied decoration on neck consisting of a human head and arms. Yellow-mustard glazed pottery.
Inventory Description
Ceramic pitcher, brown glaze, human face, 2 arms at neck, strap handle, pedestal
Classification
- Pitcher
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 15.7 x 10.5 x 10.3 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
990-6-30/11530
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Thurston Butts
(ca. 1890)
Donor
Ellen Frothingham Dunnell
(June 12. 1990)
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