Effigy Jar
40-15-472A
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Olla |
Object Number | 40-15-472A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cocle |
Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
Site Name | Sitio Conte |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | Burial 18 |
Date Made | 450 - 900 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Turtle |
Description | Polychrome: red and sepia on cream. Small annular base, hemispherical side, low convex upper body. Two small turtle heads at opposite sides of sharp perimeter; short vertical neck. Lid in form of flattened bird's head with beak in relief. Design of "carapace" red discs encircled by sepia lines. |
Height | 19.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 28.2 cm |
Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
Other Number | B18 - 34A - Field No SF |
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