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Object Number 76-19-30/9888
Display Title Vase, human figure
Descriptions
Object Description Vase, human figure
Inventory Description Ceramic human effigy vase with flat bottom, flared neck emerging from back of head, no rim, molded head, body, arms, legs, sitting cross-legged with hands resting on knees, figure is wearing a pointed headdress extending down its back and disc earrings, vessel is painted red with white loincloth with a molded tie in back, bracelets and shirt, white polka dots on belt and earrings, headdress also painted white and decorated around brim with white polka dots, cracks across front of base and extending upwards from base to left ear
Classification
  • Vase
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Santa Province / Chimbote
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, coast of
Dimensions Overall: 22.6 x 11.9 x 11.4 cm (8 7/8 x 4 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 9888, 5, 888
Provenance
Collector J. R. Maxwell (1875)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1876)

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