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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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