Figurine

60-14-6

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-14-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fine paste, traces of "fugitive" (?) red paint. Mold made (?). Possibly zoomorphic handle depicting only a head. Head is hollow, has rounded crestlike top. Eye brows round lines; eyes hollowed out with round eye balls. Open mouth, teeth possibly shown.

Height 3.3 cm
Width 4.9 cm
Thickness 2.1 cm
Credit Line Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960

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