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Object Number 42-9-20/14137.1
Display Title Pottery head with headdresses
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine sherd, molded anthropomorphic head and chest, mosaic headdress, large circles around eyes, rectangular band over mouth, ear and neck adornments, backside flat and plain, loss below chest, losses to headdress
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Toltec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Valley of Mexico
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm (1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-9-20/14137

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