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Object Number
99-42-20/C2604
Display Title
Terra cotta whistle/rattle, crocodile
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic figurine, molded zoomorphic, crocodile?, molded and incised body, tail, scales, eyes and snout, hollow, rattle or whistle, orange slip, burnt, broken, no playing holes
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, molded zoomorphic, crocodile?, molded/incised body, tail, sc
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Tabasco
/
Jonuta
Intrasite
Tombs
Additional Geographic Terms
Usumacinta River and Rio Palezada; junction of; Usumacinta, right bank
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 5.7 x 4.9 cm (5 x 2 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
C2604
Provenance
Collector
Teobert Maler
(1899)
Donor
Donated by
Hon. Stephen Salisbury
(1899)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch
(1899)
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