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Object Number 65-18-20/23536
Display Title 9 pottery head effigies -- 4 bird heads, 3 human , 2 misc.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, effigies, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic heads, bird and other animal representations, most perforated and hollow
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / Guatemala City / Kaminaljuyu
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 5.1 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm (2 x 2 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 65-18-20/23536

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