Figurine Head

34-32-258

From: Venezuela | State Of Apure | Delta of Apure River | Arauquin

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 34-32-258
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Venezuela | State Of Apure | Delta of Apure River | Arauquin
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Locus Surface
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Exceptionally fine black clay firing white or perhaps having a white slip. Eyes, mouth, nose, and ears are ridges, grooved; the eyebrows are represented by 2 rows of punctated dots; the top of the head ends in a constricted neck (of the vessel).

Height 5.2 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Columbia University Venezuelan Expedition; Vincenzo Petrullo, 1934

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