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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