Ceramic figure, with a triangular head, and with a faint brown painted outline. [IL [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ceramic figure, with a triangular head, and with a faint brown painted outline. [IL [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
Long description: Ceramic figure, with a triangular head, and with a faint brown painted outline. In an upright position with two legs and two arms , and two small rounded protrusions on the chest, possibly representing breasts. There is also an ovoid protrusion on the abdomen. Protruding facial features including eyes and a nose. Faint painted outline along the tiop of the head, face, across the chest and around the navel. [IL [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Lima Region Chancay
Person: Field collector Frederic John Newnham; PRM source Mrs Frederic John Newnham; PRM source Miss G.F. Newnham
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Chancay
Date collected: 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1946
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Decorated, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 78 mm, Height: max 142 mm, Depth: max 47 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.10.31

Search terms: Pottery, Figure

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