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Moulded pottery figurine, male; ditto female with hand over breast
Moulded pottery figurine, male; ditto female with hand over breast
Object Number 2004.24.31798
Display Title Moulded pottery figurine, male; ditto female with hand over breast
Descriptions
Object Description 3 Pottery Figures Plana de los Muertos
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Human
  • Male
  • Female
Department Photographic
Date 1893
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Lower Central America
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Yoro / <County> / <City> / Playa de los Muertos
Additional Geographic Terms Ulua River Valley
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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