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65-17-1

From: West Indies | Windward Isles | Grenada

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 65-17-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience West Indies | Windward Isles | Grenada
Culture Area Caribbean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Protruding lips and eyes, holes in eyes for pupil. Snub nose with slits for nostrils. Three bunches of hair (?) modeled on head. Smoothed and hollowed at back, broken edge at neck. Grey-brown clay with black micaceous-temper, fine-medium texture.

Height 6.1 cm
Width 5.2 cm
Thickness 1.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Ruth M. Ostheimer, 1965

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