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1946.6.102

Ceramic head

On display


1946.6.102

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic head
Long description
Pottery head, with elaborate headdress with incised zigzags, ear ornaments. Incised lines on back of head. Very pointed nose. [LMC]
Cultural groups
Totonac
Date
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Incised, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Width: max 70 mm, Height 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.6.102
Research and responses

In the opinion of Elizabeth Baquedano this is probably Totonac. [LMC]

The name of the field collector was given as Zeta Nuttall in the original computer entry but there are two other objects given via McDougall from a Zelia Nuttall and it would seem likely that this is in fact the correct name, if it turns out that Zeta was in fact the right name then please change all three entries [AP 23/7/2002]

A Mrs Nuttall of Norham Gardens was a member of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire from 1898 - 1900 [AP 1/11/2002]

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