Figurine

53-38-3

From: Guatemala | Kaminaljuyu

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-38-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Las Charcas
Provenience Guatemala | Kaminaljuyu
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 500 BCE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Male Head
Description

Drab ware; polished red slip on face. Head of man with high headdress, wearing nose and ear plugs. Headdress surface covered with tiny vertical incisions; punctate eye pupils; pierced nostrils; cut out mouth. Hollow; back of head concave.

Height 11 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from Raul Moreno, 1953
Other Number 0216 - Cast Number

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