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Object Number
37-92-30/1577
Display Title
Black ware potsherds
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic body sherds, relief dot or wedge decoration on exterior, some sherds with decorative incised lines, one sherd with relief of a beaked figure in profile holding a staff? in the right hand and round shield-like object in the left, other sherd has partial repeating zoomorphic figures in relief, black paste
Classification
- Sherd
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Chimu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms
Moche
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest ): 10.8 x 9.9 x 1.4 cm (4 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
37-92-30/1577
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