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Object Number 2013.24.144
Display Title Anthropomorphic stone figurine head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine head, the head has ears with punctate round earspools, grooved almond shaped eyes with round punctate eyeballs, and punctate nostrils, there is a groove delinating the forehead from the headdress, the headdress is almost conical in shape with a series of half-circle grooves at the wide base, there are two overlapping straps on the back of the head that appear to keep the headdress in place, the mouth and nose are damaged and missing as is anything else below the chin
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Materials Stone
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.144
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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