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2005.32.1

Ceramic jar

On display

2005.32.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic jar
Long description
Pottery jar, with human face on neck, with hands holding cobs of corn. Cobs of corn also decorated body of vessel
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unknown
Person
Field collector Tom George Longstaff
PRM source Tom George Longstaff
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1937 Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Diameter: max 150 mm, Height: max 240 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2005.32.1

Search terms: Vessel, Death, Figure, Food and Drink, Religion, Food, Grave Good, Religious Object