Vase

49-5-96

From: Mexico (Central America)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 49-5-96
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Decorated with white and red paint. Human face. Heavy brow and forehead, bulging slit eyes, sharply pointed nose, incised mouth, long ears with painted ornaments. Pot broken and partly restored, face on 1 side of pot; other smooth. 2 nostril slits. Decorated, broken protrusions from either side of top of hand. Possibly handles.

Length 12.2 cm
Width 10.8 cm
Outside Diameter 9.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Carl A. Oldach and Mrs. E. M. T. Hansen, 1949

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