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Object Number 65-18-20/23544
Display Title 7 pottery head effigies
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, partial figurines, modeled, anthropomorphic heads, various sizes, some hollow, one with skeletal facial features, 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): 5.8 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 65-18-20/23544

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Figurine
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Figurine
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Figurine
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