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Object Number 17-3-20/C8007
Display Title Carrillo and Galo polychrome effigy pedestal vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic vessel, top Carrillo Polychrome, base Galo Polychrome. Skull and zigzags on bse, triangles around rim (alligator or saurian scutes). Center design on plate is interlocking cross shape.
Inventory Description Ceramic, effigy pedestal dish, polychrome on buff, incised designs, serrated rim
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Dish
Department Archaeological
Date 300-800 AD
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Guanacaste / <County> / Nicoya / Nicoya
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 23 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Overall, Weight: 508.01 g (0.508 kg)
Quantity 1
Label on object C8007
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Expedition Peabody Museum Central American Expedition (1916-1917)

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