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Object Number 58-34-20/44256
Display Title Stone "idol" and problematical pottery objects and pot-leg
Descriptions
Object Description Idol possibly of recent manufacture, but found by E.M. Shook in a shrine of the present day Quiche in a recess in the principal mound of Utatlan, Quiche. Consolidated light gray tufa base and back flat. Ht. 19 cm.,
Subject
  • Artifact
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Ground Stone
  • Figurine
Department Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala

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