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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