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Object Number 79-14-20/17833
Display Title Pottery birds heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, partial figurine, zoomorphic bird head, deep incised slit eyes and mouth, rounded beak, worn
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico / Teotihuacan / San Juan Teotihuacan
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 2.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm (15/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17.833
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1878)
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (1878)

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