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Red pottery head - fragment from a plumbate jar
Red pottery head - fragment from a plumbate jar
Object Number 65-12-20/22883
Display Title Red pottery head - fragment from a plumbate jar
Descriptions
Object Description Adorno, pottery; Red pottery head - fragment from a plumbate jar
Inventory Description Ceramic ornament, hollow, moulded zoomorphic head, moulded ears, one missing, ea
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Date 1000-1200
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Additional Geographic Terms Pacific coastal?
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 6.6 x 4.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-12-20/22883

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