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Object Number
66-46-20/23030
Display Title
Pottery anthropomorphic companion burial urn
Descriptions
Object Description
Pottery anthropomorphic companion burial urn: Mayoid face which overshadows the simple rendered body. Gray clay 18.4 cm. height
Inventory Description
Complete ceramic human effigy vase, incised
Classification
- Effigy
Department
Archaeological
Date
550-750 AD
Culture
- Zapotec
- Monte Alban III B
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Oaxaca
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<County>
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<City>
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Monte Alban
Intrasite
Mound 1-3
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 18.5 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
66-46-20/23030; 6-5699; 82542; M.A. VII Mont I(Romano); 3
Credit Line
Exchange with Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, 1966
Provenance
Collector
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico
Exchange participant
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico
(1 Nov 1966)
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