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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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