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Image Not Available for Pottery figurine head- tattooing (?) on cheeks
Pottery figurine head- tattooing (?) on cheeks
Image Not Available for Pottery figurine head- tattooing (?) on cheeks
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 / Azcapotzalco / <City> / San Miguel Amantla
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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