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Object Number
78-42-20/15115
Display Title
Fragment, Pottery, human face
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine face, on partial vessel?, hollow, head adornment with parallel horizontal ridges, wide-set impressed eyes, protruding nose with impressed nostrils, wide mouth, red pigment on exterior, loss of base and back of head, mended
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Nicaragua
Additional Geographic Terms
Nandaime
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 × 8.7 × 6.8 cm (3 3/4 × 3 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
15.115
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