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Object Number 65-18-20/23543
Display Title 26 pottery human face effigies
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, partial figurines, modeled anthropomorphic heads, one hollow, some with head coverings, some with appliqued and impressed facial features few with red pigment, grey and red paste
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala / <County> / Guatemala City / Kaminaljuyu
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 4.2 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 26
Label on object 65-18-20/23543; 21; 24; 25

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65-18-20/23544 7 pottery head effigies
Figurine
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18 pottery body parts: 16 human head effigies, 2 torso effigies
65-18-20/23527 18 pottery body parts: 16 human head effigies, 2 torso effigies
Figurine
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26 miscellaneous pottery head effigies (3 human, 23 animal)
65-18-20/23524 26 miscellaneous pottery head effigies (3 human, 23 animal)
Figurine
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14 pottery head effigies
65-18-20/23537 14 pottery head effigies
Effigy
Kaminaljuyu
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65-18-20/23539 Pottery figurine heads (human); 79
Figurine
Kaminaljuyu
8 pottery head effigies: 5 human, 3 animal
65-18-20/23542 8 pottery head effigies: 5 human, 3 animal
Figurine
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4 pottery heads (human)
967-49-20/23207 4 pottery heads (human)
Figurine
Kaminaljuyu
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Figurine
Kaminaljuyu
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Figurine
Kaminaljuyu
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Figurine
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Figurine
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65-18-20/23526.1 Ceramic figurines, human effigy heads, broken at neck, red ceramic
Figurine
Kaminaljuyu