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Human figure with incised designs
Object Number 22-18-20/C9551
Display Title Human figure with incised designs
Descriptions
Object Description Large greenstone(?) figure of a human, left leg and both arms broken off, right leg and head intact; incised designs on body, possibly added later
Inventory Description Ground stone effigy, carved human figure, incised body art, 3 limbs missing
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Date ca. 100 BC-AD 200
Culture
  • Post Formative Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Materials Greenstone
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 20.2 x 8.8 cm (17 5/16 x 7 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C9551
Credit Line Gift of Eman L Beck, 1922
Provenance
Collector Eman L. Beck (1914)
Donor Donated by Eman L. Beck (1922)

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