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Zoomorphic ceramic effigy figurine
Object Number 2013.24.133
Display Title Zoomorphic ceramic effigy figurine
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, it has bird, mammal or reptile, and fish-like characteristics, the head appears to belong to a bird with large applique and punctate round eyes and long grooved beak with an attachment point at the end of the beak, the body has two applique appendages on either side with grooved digits at the end and a bend in the elbow similar to mammals or reptiles (though one appendage is broken off), there are also triangular protuberences from the ventral and dorsal sides that look like fins, the body ends at another attachment point suggesting the whole figurine was once part of a larger vessel, two pieces reattach
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Materials Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm (3 1/2 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 2013.24.133
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Carroll William Dodge
Provenance
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb (11/20/2013)

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