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Object Number 2002.13.2
Display Title Carved groundstone "Sukia" figure, seated male holding tube
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Sukia
Object Description Stone carving, "Sukia"; figure with pipe?; left foot missing
Inventory Description Stone, anthropomorphic effigy, seated, foot missing
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Date 1000-1550 CE
Culture
  • Huetar
  • Guetar?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Limon / <County> / Guapiles
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 5.5 x 8.7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2002.13.2
Credit Line Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Walter H. Hodge
Provenance
Collector Dr. Ernest Imle (1941-1945)
Donor Dr. Walter H. Hodge (after 1945 - 5/28/02)
Donor Barbara T. Hodge (after 1945 - 5/28/2002)

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