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29-39-900
From: Brazil | Lago Grande | Cumaruara
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-39-900 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Brazil | Lago Grande | Cumaruara |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Buff ware, grey paste. Concave-convex, quasi-oval, bearing in low relief a grotesque human figure. Ring-impressed eyes, slit mouth, short legs with knees below chin. Two long "feathers" curving in opposite directions from nose. Boss or flange section from vessel. |
Height | 4.4 cm |
Length | 7.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Rev. John Mayer, 1929 |
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