Effigy Jar
40-15-80
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-15-80 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cocle |
Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
Site Name | Sitio Conte |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | Burial 14 |
Date Made | 450 - 900 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Polychrome turtle: black and red on buff. Slightly concave base; lower body expanding to sharp equator, upper body low convex to low vertical rim. Equator modified by knobs of head and tail projecting from low arch of carapace. Lower body red; upper body beige and small black-ringed red discs; orifice red. |
Height | 12.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19.5 cm |
Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
Other Number | B14 - 14 - Field No SF |
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