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Object Number
48-20-20/18431
Display Title
Potosi Applique lid of pottery alligator incense burner
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic, zoomorphic effigy on pedestal, lid?, red ware, modeled features on ped
Classification
- Raw Material
- Partial Vessel
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Costa Rica
/
Guanacaste
/
<County>
/
Filadelfia
/
Potrero el Burro
Intrasite
Grave 6, shaft, 32"
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 13 x 15 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-20-20/18431
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1948)
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