Figurine
Rattles
38-6-57
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 38-6-57 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cempoala | Tetiuca | Hueyapan | Tlapacoya | Tuxtla |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Dark buff ware. molded. Heads only, broken at the neck, which is solid. Headdress apparently a cloth folded at the right side were the free end hangs; applied ear discs. has but one slit; gash in the left temple through which the clay pellets were introduced into the cavity |
Height | 8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of John Monski, 1938 |
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