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Image Not Available for Pottery Ornament Bird's head
Pottery Ornament Bird's head
Image Not Available for Pottery Ornament Bird's head
Object Number 83-72-20/32680
Display Title Pottery Ornament Bird's head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, molded zoomorphic head of bird, rounded head, curved beak, slit eyes, ridged crest on top of head, crest on top of beak, circular perforation below beak through neck, flat base, small loss at tip of beak, grey paste
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Nicaragua / Río San Juan / <County> / Castillo / Near mound
Intrasite surface
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 4.8 × 3.6 × 6.4 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32680; 797

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