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Four Pottery Human Heads; Human and Animal
Four Pottery Human Heads; Human and Animal
Object Number 58-34-20/47613.1
Display Title Four Pottery Human Heads; Human and Animal
Descriptions
Subject
  • Figurine
  • Ceramic
  • Zoomorphic
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Artifact
  • Effigy
Department Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / El Salvador / San Salvador / <County> / Cihuatan / Cihuatan

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Four Pottery Human Heads; Human and Animal
58-34-20/47613 Four Pottery Human Heads; Human and Animal
Cihuatan
3 pottery heads (human and animal)
967-49-20/23230 3 pottery heads (human and animal)
Figurine
Kaminaljuyu
2 pottery heads (animal and human)
967-49-20/23241 2 pottery heads (animal and human)
Figurine
Guatemala
Goddess of Death. Stone sculpture. Nuttall notes that the symbolism as a whole relates to the theme of center and four quarters. "Two serpents' heads surmount a semi-human female body. ... The figure and skirt are made up of intertwined rattlesnakes ... necklace of hearts and hands ... skulls."
2004.24.33122 Goddess of Death. Stone sculpture. Nuttall notes that the symbolism as a whole relates to the theme of center and four quarters. "Two serpents' heads surmount a semi-human female body. ... The figure and skirt are made up of intertwined rattlesnakes ... necklace of hearts and hands ... skulls."
Mexico
Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate
2004.24.23848 Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate
Irian Jaya
Metal objects in the shape of human and animal heads
2004.24.17003 Metal objects in the shape of human and animal heads
Chichen Itza
Terra Cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
97-9-20/49812.1 Terra Cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
Figurine
Cholula
9 pottery head effigies -- 4 bird heads, 3 human , 2 misc.
65-18-20/23536 9 pottery head effigies -- 4 bird heads, 3 human , 2 misc.
Effigy
Kaminaljuyu
Human and animal figurine heads (9)
58-34-20/56012 Human and animal figurine heads (9)
Kaminaljuyu
Image Not Available for Terra cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
97-9-20/49812A Terra cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
Cholula
Image Not Available for Terra cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
97-9-20/49812B Terra cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
Cholula
Image Not Available for Terra Cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
97-9-20/49812 Terra Cotta heads, human and animal, and disc of terra cotta
Disk
Cholula