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1946.5.17

Stone figure pendant

1946.5.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone figure pendant
Long description
Stone pendant carved in the shape of a crouched human figure with their hands clasped above their knees. Perforated through the back for suspension. [SM (Verve) 20/7/2016]
Person
Field collector Elsie Colsell McDougall
PRM source Elsie Colsell McDougall
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mixtec Archaeological period: Post-Classic
Date collected
By 1946
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Tubular Drilled
Dimensions
Length: max 62 mm, Width: max 24 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.5.17
Research and responses

Dr Elizabeth Graham, UCL, noted during the Fell funded project Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections that Mesoamericanists tend not to use the term 'amulet'. [AS 28/10/2010]

Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet

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