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Object Number
35-106-20/10856
Display Title
Pottery figurine head- tattooing (?) on cheeks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine sherd, molded anthropomorphic head, slit eyes and mouth, ear and neck adornments, headdress, tattooed lines on face, remnants of white pigment, backside flat and concave, loss below neck
Classification
- Sherd
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Toltec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Federal District
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Azcapotzalco
/
<City>
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San Miguel Amantla
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 × 5.5 × 1.7 cm (2 1/4 × 2 3/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-106-20/10856; S.M/N; 7
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