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Object Number 51-25-20/20592
Display Title Potsherds
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, body and rim sherds, flared rim, some with red exterior pigment, four with applied serpent-like zoomorph effigies on exterior, one has traces of black painted lines and dots along zoomorph's back, two with impressed features, one serpent is in a coil shape, another sherd with several rounded protrusions, some worn, coarse interior
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Panama / <County> / <City> / Venado Beach
Intrasite Area B, Trench 1, general dig
Additional Geographic Terms Canal Zone
Dimensions Overall: 27.2 x 16.2 x 1.1 cm (10 11/16 x 6 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 51-25-20/20592; 20592

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