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Object Number 42-4-20/13998
Display Title Pottery human figurine head
Descriptions
Object Description Pottery human figurine head. Figurine, portion, pottery
Inventory Description Ceramic, partial figurine, anthropomorphic head, hollow, angular shape that tapers towards chin, incised and punctate features, nose adornment, hole at neck and perforation at top head, faint painted eyebrows, orange-brown paste
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Archaic (Mesoamerica)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Nayarit / <County> / Tepic
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 9.6 x 4.9 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-4-20/13998; TEPIC / NYARIT [written on sticker]

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