Figurine
60-14-5
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 60-14-5 |
| 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, possibly painted with black, red, and white. Mold made? Human head and neck are present. Head flattened in back, triangular in shape. Triangular headdress, eyebrows represented by continuous line, eyes oval shape eyeballs are shown, prominent nose, mouth half open, lips shown. Circular earrings. Neck solid and fragmentary. Compare with Drucker's Type II A figurines. |
| Height | 7.6 cm |
| Width | 4.9 cm |
| Thickness | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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