Burial Urn Lid
39-17-1B
From: Colombia | Department of Magdalena
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 39-17-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Colombia | Department of Magdalena |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Locus | between Loma Corredor and Los Angeles |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Buff ware. Cylindrical with slight shoulder and vertical neck. Four stylized lizards with heads in full relief at the shoulder; body, legs and tail formed by indented fillets, heads biconically perforated vertically for use as lugs. Single perforation near rim. Cover, hemispherical, with large female figure seated with hands on knees, in full relief; nude, but with ears pierced for pendant. Mosquito Style |
| Height | 38.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 27.94 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Parke A. Dickey, 1939 |
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