Figurine

38-6-5

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 38-6-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Totonac
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla
Culture Area Central American
Period Archaic (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Head
Description

gouged eyes, nose mouth and rosetted headdress applied, head rises from thick cylindrical stem as if for insertion into a body, eye sockets mouth and probably headdress painted black

Height 6.67 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Monski, 1938

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